Alberuni's India 2 Volume Set: An Account of the Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Geography, Chronology, Astronomy, Customs, Laws and Astrology of India about AD 1030: 1-2 - Brossura

Bīrūnī, Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad

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ISBN 10: 1108047211 ISBN 13: 9781108047210

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Translated and annotated by German 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 Hindu learning in philosophy, mathematics and astronomy. Volume 1 discusses Hindu beliefs, the caste system and the calendar.

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Translated and annotated by the German orientalist Edward Sachau (1845–1930), this two-volume 1887–8 work is an account of Indian life in the early medieval period by Muslim polymath and traveller Alberuni (973–1048). Volume 1 discusses Hindu beliefs and the calendar, and Volume 2 astronomy, religion and law.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108047211
• ISBN 13: 9781108047210
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 904