[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c17.6 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c17.6 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c17.6 - **Language:** English ### [c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.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.” - [Previous: c17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c17.5) - [Next: c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c17.7) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c17.6) · Pramāṇa