On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Indrajit Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > al Beruni was mediaeval; those have their own flavour and nuances, but > he's preferable to others, like ibn Battuta, who was a bigoted little bastard, > and a misogynist of stature. al Beruni probably is difficult reading because > he pours so much into his books. Sometimes such a scholar is difficult > to handle in his diversity.
A recent episode of the BBC Radio program "In Our Time" was about Al Beruni: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00smnlk/In_Our_Time_alBiruni/ Thaths -- "Lisa, Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and Eskimos." -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
