Al-Bīrūnī (In Our Time, 10/6/10)

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*** Discussion on the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his eleventh-century book the India.Born in around 973 in the central Asian region of Chorasmia, al-Biruni became an itinerant scholar of immense learning, a master of mathematics, medicine, astronomy and many languages. He corresponded with the age's greatest scientist, Avicenna, and made significant contributions to many fields of knowledge.In 1017 al-Biruni became a member of the court of the ruler Mahmud of Ghazna. Over the course of the next thirteen years he wrote the India, a comprehensive account of Hindu culture which was the first book about India by a Muslim scholar. It contains detailed information about Hindu religion, science and everyday life which have caused some to call it the first work of anthropology. *** GUESTS: James Montgomery Hugh Kennedy Amira Bennison ========================================­======================= The Islamic Golden Age, Islamic Golden Age, Islamic Civilization, Islamic Civilisation, Muslim Civilization, Muslim Civilisation, Islamic History, Muslim History, Arab Civilization, Arab Civilisation, Culture, Philosophy, Politics, History, Science, Achievements, Golden Age, Great Age, Muhammad, Prophet Muhammad, Muslims in History, Falsafa, Kallam, Islamic Art, Islamic Architecture, Muslim Religion, Islamic Religion, Muslim Thinkers, Ummayad, Abbasid, Fatamids, Muslim Dynasty, Mamluks, Ottomans, Muslim Empires, Islamic Empire, Arabia, Introduction, Series, Abū al-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Bīrūnī, Al-Biruni, Khwarezm, Intellectual, Astronomy, Astrology, Avicenna, Ibn Sina, Ghaznavid, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Greeks, Aristotle, Afrighids, Ma'munids, Kath, Khorusan, Khorasan, Uzbekistan, Ta'rikh al-Hind, The Mas'udi Canon, Chorasmian, Indology, Remaining Signs of Past Centuries, Chronology of Ancient Nations, Al-Qânûn, History of India,