Historicity of Jesus - 2

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Zero that was India
by Kamesh Ramakrishna Aiyer

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<b>As opposed to this, the references to India in the West are concrete: </b>Dionysios brings the secret of wine-making from India; Pythagoras visited India and learned number mysticism; Herodotus tabulates the tax revenues of the Persian Empire and reckons that the “Indian provinces” (on the west bank of the Indus – modern Afghanistan and Baluchistan) contributed half the revenues while the remaining eighteen provinces (from Egypt to Persia) contributed the remaining half. During Augustus Caesar’s time, Rome tries to limit imports from India because it was draining the country of gold. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->