Alberuni's India

Name: Alberuni's India
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ISBN: 9780393005684

ISBN-10: 0393005682

ISBN-13: 9780393005684

Edition: 1971 (Abridged)

Authors: Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Biruni, Edward C. Sachau, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Biruni

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In 1017 A.D., Sultan Mahmud, ruler of a great empire in what is now Afghanistan and Iran, brought to his court at Ghazna many of the most brilliant scholars of the Islamic world. Among them was Alberuni (or Al Biruni), who was renowned as a mathematician, astronomer, and political philosopher.Alberuni's aim was to acquire an exact understanding of the Hindus' knowledge of the natural world, to make it possible for Muslims "to converse with the Hindus, and to discuss with them questions of religion, science, or literature, on the very basis of their own civilization." For thirteen years he traveled in North India, observing, questioning, and studying. The result was an account of Indian…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 1971
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/1971
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 0.51" wide x 0.79" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English