Who translated works of a Greek mathematician into Sanskrit?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Al-Biruni
Al-Biruni, born in 973 in Khwarizm (present-day Uzbekistan), knew Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit. He translated several Sanskrit works, including Patanjali’s work on grammar, into Arabic, and for his Brahmana friends he translated the works of Euclid, a Greek mathematician, into Sanskrit.
NCERT (2025-26): “1.1 From Khwarizm to the Punjab … Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in presentday Uzbekistan. Khwarizm was an important centre of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time. He was well versed in several languages: Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit.…”
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