Indian Mathematics c12.4

c12.4

We have already mentioned the visit of certain Greek mathematicians to the Court of Chosroes I, and there are certain other facts which at least justify the consideration of the Persian route. The Sássánid period, A.D. 229-652, shows a somewhat remarkable parallelism with the age of enlightenment in India that roughly corresponds with the Gupta period. "The real missionaries of culture in the Persian empire at this time were the Syrians, who were connected with the west by their religion and who, in their translations, diffused Greek literature throughout the orient." Mr. Vincent Smith discusses the probability of Sássánian influence on India but states that there is no direct evidence.