Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c13.48

c13.48

¹ The Mahābhārata, the present recension of which is about 300 A.D., contains some Greek words, e.g. saptantrī vīṇā (ἑπτάτονος φόρμιγξ) III. 134. 14; trikoṇa (τρίγωνος) XIV. 88. 32; barbarān (βάρβαρος) III. 51. 23. Greeks are mentioned II. 14. 4, III. 254. 18, XII. 207. 43. Romans are mentioned II. 51. 17. Greeks are called sarvajñā VIII. 45. 36, probably for their proficiency in astronomy.