Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.51

c10.51

From the writings of Alberuni, we can get an insight into the rapid progress that Arabic and Persian literatures were then making in laying under contribution the rich store of knowledge imbedded in both Sanskrit literature and Greek. Indian mathematics and astronomy, astrology, philosophy, medicine and pharmacology were favourite subjects of study with the Muhammadan scholars, and translations of Indian works including a large portion of narrative literature into Arabic