Origin of Indian Astrology:

Origin of Indian Astrology:
Indian astrology is Vedic in origin and has been
part of Hindu teachings for thousands of years and that dates back to 1st
and 2nd century BCE.[1] The religious compilations known as Vedas have six
supplementary appendixes known as the Vedangas, limbs of the Vedas. Of these
the Jyotish Vedanga forms the foundations of Indian Astrology. From India,
Vedic astrology spread westward to the Persians and the Babylonians, and
from them to the Greeks and Romans [2] . As a result of the Islamic conquest
Arabs gained access to astrology from both the Greek Hellenistic astrologers
on one side (the West) and Vedic astrology from India on the other side (the
East).