History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c7.s15.3
History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c7.s15.3
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v1.c7.s15.3
The foundations of Arabic literature and science were laid between 750-850 A.D. This was done chiefly with the aid of foreigners and with foreign material. The bulk of their narrative literature came to the Arabs in translation from Persian. Books on the science of war, the knowledge of weapons, the veterinary art, falconry, and the various methods of divination, and some books on medicine were translated from Sanskrit and Persian. They got the exact sciences from Greece and India.