The History of Indian Literature c9.231

c9.231

† Albírúní resided a considerable time in India, in the following of Mahmúd of Ghasna, and acquired there a very accurate knowledge of Sanskrit and of Indian literature, of which he has left us a very valuable account, written A.D. 1031. Extracts from this highly important work were communicated by Reinaud in the *Journ. Asiat.* for 1844, and in his *Mém. sur l'Inde* in 1849 [also by Woepcke, *ibid.*, 1863]: the text, promised so long ago as 1843, and most eagerly looked for ever since, has, unfortunately, not as yet appeared. [Ed. Sachau, of Vienna, is at present engaged in editing it; and, from his energy, we may now at length expect that this grievous want will be speedily supplied.]