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Alberuni's India
Indica
Kitāb al-Hind
The cover of the english edition.
AuthorAl-Biruni
Original titleA Critical Study of What India Says, Whether Accepted by Reason
Refused (تحقيق ما للهند من مقولة معقولة في العقل أو مرذولة);
Kitab al-Bīrūnī fī Taḥqīq mā li-al-Hind
TranslatorEduard Sachau
LanguageArabic
Subject
  • India
  • Culture
  • Religion
  • Hinduism
  • Indiology
  • History

Alberuni's India (Template:Lang-ar, Tahaqeeq Ma Lil Hind Min Makulat Makulat Fi Aliaqbal Am Marzula, meaning: Critical Study of Indian Speech: Rationally Acceptable or Rejected) is a book written by Persian Polymath Al-Biruni about history and culture of India. This book was translated into German and afterward to English by Eduard Sachau.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Kūrush., Ṣafavī. Introduction to Linguistics History. Pazhvāk-i Kayvān. ISBN 978-964-8727-32-6.
  2. ^ Kozah, Mario (20 October 2015). The Birth of Indology as an Islamic Science: Al-Bīrūnī's Treatise on Yoga Psychology. BRILL. pp. 23–31. ISBN 978-90-04-30554-0. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ Sunar, Lutfi (5 May 2016). Eurocentrism at the Margins: Encounters, Critics and Going Beyond. Routledge. pp. 88, 89. ISBN 978-1-317-13996-6. Retrieved 2 September 2022.