This is especially sad if you happen to read A.K Warder's chapter on the utter destruction and annihilation of Universities in ancient India ('Indian Buddhism'

This is especially sad if you happen to read A.K Warder's chapter on the utter destruction and annihilation of Universities in ancient India ('Indian Buddhism' => http://books.google.com/books?id=sE8MgUVGNHkC&lpg=PA479&dq=islam%20warder%20indian%20buddhism&pg=PA479#v=onepage&q=islam%20warder%20indian%20buddhism&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=sE8MgUVGNHkC&lpg=PA479&... - places where logic, mathematics, (invention of zero, etc.) linguistics, grammar, astronomy etc etc where taught to students from all over Asia - as early as 400 AD. Many of the scientific discoveries of Islam where results of plundering and exterminating scientific endeavors in other more peaceful cultures.