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Which of the following statement (s) is/are NOT true about Al-Biruni? |
Al Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Tajikistan. He was well versed in several languages like Syriac, Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew but he was not well versed with Sanskrit. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars and poets back to his capital, Ghazni; Al-Biruni was one of them as a guest. All of the above |
All of the above |
Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan. He was well versed in several languages: Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars and poets including Al-Biruni back to his capital, Ghazni; He arrived in Ghazni as a hostage, but gradually developed a liking for the city, where he spent the rest of his life until his death at the age of 70. |
