Al-Bīrūnī i Indija: prvi pokušaj razumijevanja
Bīrūnī and India: The First Attempt to Understand
Author(s): Fathullah MujtabaiSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: Indo-Muslim inter-cultural synthesis; Abu Raihan al-Biruni; cultural pluralism and emerging plural society of India.
Summary/Abstract: In this paper author focuses his attention on one of biggest Indologist of all times – Abū Raihan Al-Bīrūnī (973–1048). This itinerant scholar has acquainted himself with the roots of Hindu culture and philosophy at a time when next to nothing was known outside India about the range and richness of its heritage.
Journal: Filozofija i društvo
- Issue Year: 22/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 53-86
- Page Count: 34
- Language: Serbian
