Textual Evidence of Leprosy

Textual evidence supports an origin of Leprosy in India. Item: Textual evidence for Leprosy (Herodotus), Item: Textual evidence of leprosy from India; Item: More textual evidence of leprosy from India. Some scholars attribute the spread of leprosy to the Greco-Roman world through the return of Alexander's army from India in the 4th century B.C. Item: Textual evidence for leprosy origins India [[Leprosy spread by Alexander's Army]], while others feel it was brought from India to Egypt Item: Textual evidence for leprosy Egypt [[Leprosy originating in Egypt]]

It appears that leprosy was known to residents of the Greco-Roman world before it's appearance there
Item: Aeschylus and Leprosy