Denkard (Dēnkard)

Acts of the Religion

Book 4 relates that Šābuhr I collected writings on medicine, astronomy, geography and other sciences scattered in Hindūstān, Hrōm and elsewhere and joined them to the Avesta, names an Indian astronomical work ("the … kōs of the Indians") beside the Megistē (Almagest), and says that the sages of India admired the wise men of Iran.

Language

Middle Persian

Date

850–1000 CE

Author

Ādurbād ī Ēmēdān

Text

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