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l-Biruni received the best education available at that time and was well versed in several languages: Syriac, Arabic, Persian, English, Hebrew and Sanskrit. -

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Consider the following statement(s) related to Al-Biruni.

I. Al-Biruni received the best education available at that time and was well versed in several languages: Syriac, Arabic, Persian, English, Hebrew and Sanskrit.

II. Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind, written in Persian, is simple and lucid.

Which of the above statement(s) is/ are correct?

Options

  • Only I

  • Only II

  • Both I and II

  • Neither I nor II

MCQ

Solution

Neither I nor II

Explanation:

Al-Biruni was born in Khwarizm, Uzbekistan, in the year 973. Al-Biruni acquired the highest education available at the time in Khwarizm, and it was in Ghazni that he developed an interest in India. This was not out of the ordinary. From the seventh century forward, Sanskrit's writings on astronomy, mathematics, and medicine were translated into Arabic.

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