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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Translated and annotated by orientalist Edward Sachau (1845 1930),
this 1887 8 two-volume work is the account by Muslim polymath and
traveller Alberuni (973 1048) of Indian political and social life
in the medieval period. Sachau published the manuscript in Arabic
in 1885 6, at the same time working on an English translation.
Alberuni, born in Chorasmia, south of the Aral Sea, was one of the
leading scholars of his day. He accompanied the Afghan ruler Mahmud
on his invasion of India in the early eleventh century, and
remained there for thirteen years, making a detailed study of
Indian life and culture, and in particular studying the Hindu
religion. Alberuni claims that his work is not polemical in nature,
but a simple historical record of facts, and he commends the
learning of the Hindus in philosophy, mathematics and astronomy.
Volume 1 discusses Hindu beliefs, the caste system and the
calendar.
Translated and annotated by orientalist Edward Sachau (1845-1930),
this 1887-8 two-volume work is the account by Muslim polymath and
traveller Alberuni (973-1048) of Indian political and social life
in the medieval period. Sachau published the manuscript in Arabic
in 1885-6, at the same time working on an English translation.
Alberuni, born in Chorasmia, south of the Aral Sea, was one of the
leading scholars of his day. He accompanied the Afghan ruler Mahmud
on his invasion of India in the early eleventh century, and
remained there for thirteen years, making a detailed study of
Indian life and culture, and in particular studying the Hindu
religion. Alberuni claims that his work is not polemical in nature,
but a simple historical record of facts, and he commends the
learning of the Hindus in philosophy, mathematics and astronomy.
Volume 2 discusses among other subjects astronomy, religion, ritual
and law.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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