Open AccessBīrūnī and India: The first attempt to understand
Author(s) -
Fathulah Mudztabai
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1101053m
Subject(s) - nothing , hinduism , sociology , philosophy , history , epistemology , religious studies
In this paper author focuses his attention on one of biggest Indologist of all times - Abū Raihan Al-Bīrūnī (973-1048). This itinerant scholar has acquainted himself with the roots of Hindu culture and philosophy at a time when next to nothing was known outside India about the range and richness of its heritage