A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s4.80

v1.c9.s4.80

“What India has contributed reached Bagdad by two different roads. Part has come directly in translations from the Sanskrit, part has travelled through Eran, having originally been translated from Sanskrit ( Pālî ? Prâkrit ? ) into Persian, and farther from Persian into Arabic. In this way, *e.g.* the fables of Kālila and Dimna have been communicated to the Arabs, and a book on medicine, probably the famous Charaka *cf.* “Fihrist,” p. 303.