Paper: - Paper, as a writing material, was hardly known in India before the
11th century AD. Al-Biruni writes, "it was in China that paper was first
manufactured, Chinese prisoners introduced the fabrication of paper in
Samarkand, and thereupon it was made in various places, so as to meet the
existing want".
The Chinese prisoners of war, brought to Samarkand after the battle of
Atlakh near Talas, first introduced (AD 751) the technique of papermaking
from linen, flax or hemp rags based on methods used in China.
怛罗丝之战之后造纸术被战俘带到了印度。
【更正,还不是带到了印度,Samarkand(撒马尔罕)这个地方在乌兹别克斯坦。也就
是说751年唐朝战俘把造纸术介绍给了穆斯林,然后印度人还得等他们的穆斯林征服者
来教他们这个技术。】