By Brig Samson S Sharaf In the study and commentary of
Arthashastra written by Vinshnugupta Kautilya Chanakya,I learned
that the sub continent had a formative influence on the Arab
World of antiquity in arts,governance and sciences.
Later,through trade and warfare,this knowledge fused with the
Persian and Chinese schools of thought transferred to Europe in
the times of Hazrat Omar Bin Abdul Aziz,Muslim rule of Spain and
the Abbasside Khilafat. The Asian Civilisation Episodes and
their effect on renaissance by the Discovery Channel have
refocused this obscure development. Imran Khan’s referral to
Omar’s Law is an indirect reference to this transitional fact.
From antiquity to middle ages,the Arabian Peninsula remained the
commercial and educational hub of the world. Caravans used the
traditional silk routes to debouch from as far afar as Eastern
Europe,Central Asia,the Sub Continent and China transferring
goods and with it politics and knowledge. Arab sailors dominated
all sea fares in the Indian Ocean and the