The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.50

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c13.s6.50

At home in Khiva Alberuni (979-1048) was in a position to study the *Brahmasiddhānta*, the *Khaṇḍakhādyaka*, the *Charaka Samhitā* and the *Panchatantra* in Arabic versions. An Arabic translation of Vitteśvara's *Karaṇa-sāra* could likewise be used by him. There were in existence also certain Arabic treatises on astronomy and chronology in which the knowledge of Hindu mathematics was implied.

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Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit
Pañcatantra — Viṣṇuśarman, Sanskrit
Khaṇḍakhādyaka — Brahmagupta, Sanskrit