Alberuni wrote Kitab-ul-Hind - Art & Culture

Q.  Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?
- Published on 13 Aug 15

a. Isami
b. Ibn Battuta
c. Firdausi
d. Alberuni

ANSWER: Alberuni
 
Alberuni stayed in Mahmud of Ghazni’s court and wrote the famous Kitab-ul-Hind, an account on India. Al-Biruni’s Kitab-ul-Hind, written in Arabic, is simple and lucid. It is a voluminous text, divided into 80 chapters on subjects such as religion and philosophy, festivals, astronomy, alchemy, manners and customs, social life, weights and measures, iconography, laws and metrology.

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