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Understanding Kitab-ul-Hind by Al-Biruni: A Masterpiece of Comparative Intercultural Study
"Written in the 11th century by the polymath Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, Kitab-ul-Hind serves as a monumental encyclopedic study of Indian culture, science, religion, and philosophy, providing an objective, source-critical examination that broke new ground in medieval cross-cultural historiography. Introduction to Al-Biruni and the Genesis of Kitab-ul-Hind Kitab-ul-Hind (fully titled Tarikh al-Hind, or "An Accurate Description of All Categories of Hindu Thought, Those Which Seem to Be Intelligible to Us and Those Which Are Stupendous") stands as one of the most remarkable intellectual achievements of the medieval Islamic Golden Age. Written in Arabi..."
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