Alberuni

Alberuni Originally a native of Khiva in Central Asia, he came to Ghazni

and then visited India in the wake of Mahmud’s raids. Abu Rihan

Muhammad was his original name, but became famous as ‘Alberuni’,

meaning the ‘Master’. Being a great scholar himself, he learnt Sanskrit and

made a thorough study of Indian sciences and philosophy. His famous work,

Tariq-i-Hind or Kitab-i-Hind, is a truly scientific treatise and gives us an

accurate account of India on the eve of the Turkish conquest of India.