The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c9.74

c9.74

A century after Scylax, Herodotus showed considerable knowledge of India, speaking of its cotton and its gold,² telling how Sesostris³ fitted out ships to sail to that country, and mentioning the routes to the east. These routes were generally by the Red Sea, and had been followed by the Phœnicians and the Sabæans, and later were taken by the Greeks and Romans.⁴