{"product_id":"alberunis-india-an-account-of-the-religion-philosophy-literature-geography-chronology-astronomy-customs-laws-and-astrology-of-india-about-ad-1030-paperback-9781108047203","title":"Alberuni's India; An Account of the Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Geography, Chronology, Astronomy, Customs, Laws and Astrology of India about AD 1030 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108047203","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAlberuni's India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Account of the Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Geography, Chronology, Astronomy, Customs, Laws and Astrology of India about AD 1030\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA two-volume annotated translation, published in 1887–8, of the work on early medieval Indian life by Muslim polymath Alberuni.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMuh?ammad ibn Ah?mad B?r?n? (Author), Edward C. Sachau (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108047203, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.5 x 14 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslated and annotated by orientalist Edward Sachau (1845–1930), this 1887–8 two-volume work is the account by Muslim polymath and traveller Alberuni (973–1048) of Indian political and social life in the medieval period. Sachau published the manuscript in Arabic in 1885–6, at the same time working on an English translation. Alberuni, born in Chorasmia, south of the Aral Sea, was one of the leading scholars of his day. He accompanied the Afghan ruler Mahmud on his invasion of India in the early eleventh century, and remained there for thirteen years, making a detailed study of Indian life and culture, and in particular studying the Hindu religion. Alberuni claims that his work is not polemical in nature, but a simple historical record of facts, and he commends the learning of the Hindus in philosophy, mathematics and astronomy. Volume 2 discusses among other subjects astronomy, religion, ritual and law.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e49. A summary description of the eras\u003cbr\u003e 50. How many star-cycles there are both in a 'kalpa' and in a 'caturyuga'\u003cbr\u003e 51. An explanation of the terms 'adhimâsa', 'ûnarâtra', and the 'aharganas', as representing different sums of days\u003cbr\u003e 52. On the calculation of 'ahargana' in general, that is, the resolution of years and months into days, and, vice versa, the composition of years and months out of days\u003cbr\u003e 53. On the ahargana, or the resolution of years into months, according to special rules which are adopted in the calendars for certain dates or moments of time\u003cbr\u003e 54. On the computation of the mean places of the planets\u003cbr\u003e 55. On the order of the planets, their distances and sizes\u003cbr\u003e 56. On the stations of the moon\u003cbr\u003e 57. On the heliacal risings of the stars, and on the ceremonies and rites which the Hindus practise at such a moment\u003cbr\u003e 58. How ebb and flow follow each other in the ocean\u003cbr\u003e 59. On the solar and lunar eclipses\u003cbr\u003e 60. On the parvan\u003cbr\u003e 61. On the dominants of the different measures of time in both religious and astronomical relations, and on connected subjects\u003cbr\u003e 62. On the sixty years samvatsara, also called 'shashtyabda'\u003cbr\u003e 63. On that which especially concerns the Brahmans, and what they are obliged to do during their whole life\u003cbr\u003e 64. On the rites and customs which the other castes, besides the Brahmans, practise during their lifetime\u003cbr\u003e 65. On the sacrifices\u003cbr\u003e 66. On pilgrimage and the visiting of sacred places\u003cbr\u003e 67. On alms, and how a man must spend what he earns\u003cbr\u003e 68. On what is allowed and forbidden in eating and drinking\u003cbr\u003e 69. On matrimony, the menstrual courses, embryos, and childbed\u003cbr\u003e 70. On lawsuits\u003cbr\u003e 71. On punishments and expiations\u003cbr\u003e 72. On inheritance, and what claim the deceased person has on it\u003cbr\u003e 73. About what is due to the bodies of the dead and of the living (i.e. about burying and suicide)\u003cbr\u003e 74. On fasting, and the various kinds of it\u003cbr\u003e 75. On the determination of the fast-days\u003cbr\u003e 76. On the festivals and festive days\u003cbr\u003e 77. On days which are held in special veneration, on lucky and unlucky times, and on such times as are particularly favourable for acquiring in them bliss in heaven\u003cbr\u003e 78. On the karanas\u003cbr\u003e 79. On the yogas\u003cbr\u003e 80. On the introductory principles of Hindu astrology, with a short description of their methods of astrological calculations\u003cbr\u003e Annotations\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912991203608,"sku":"9781108047203","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108047203i_7b8fe28f-cb32-4e6d-8cf4-916469ee2803.jpg?v=1696746765","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/alberunis-india-an-account-of-the-religion-philosophy-literature-geography-chronology-astronomy-customs-laws-and-astrology-of-india-about-ad-1030-paperback-9781108047203","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}