The Importance of the World of Images

The Islamic world has had cultural exchange with India for centuries. The science of India played a role in the development of mathematics, astronomy and astrology already during an early Abbasid era. A contemporary of Avasannas, the great scientist Al-Biruni, wrote a sprawling work called simply Al-Hind, meaning India. He even anticipated the illuminationist by finding agreement between some Indian ideas and the doctrines of the Greeks.