Alberuni's India : An account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of India about A.D. 1030 / Edited and Translated by Edward C. Sachau
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xlix, 408 p.: 431 p.: ill.; 22 cmISBN:- 9781108047197
- 9781108047203
- 23 954 SAC
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Reference Books | CUTN Central Library History & Geography | Non-fiction | 954 SAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | 40980 |
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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 among other subjects Hindu beliefs, the caste system and the calendar.
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