Question

Social Science

1) In Persian and Arabic literature, the Indian subcontinent is referred to as
____________or ____________.
2) Biographies and autobiographies.
3) Chronicles and travelogues.
4) Who was Ibn Battuta? Name the travelogue he wrote.
5) Who was Al-Biruni?

Answer 1

Answer:

5: Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was an Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously the "founder of Indology", "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy", and the first anthropologist.