Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c17.6

c17.6

4. The secret of manufacturing the so-called Damascus blades was learned by the Saracens from the Persians, who had mastered it from the Hindus.⁵² In Persia, the Indian sword was proverbially the best sword, and the phrase *jawabee hind* (“Indian answer”) meant “a cut with the sword made of Indian steel.”