Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s6.4

c6.s6.4

At the juncture of the third and fourth phases stands Al-Biruni, with his extraordinary hermeneutic awareness and masterly command over the textual material in Greek, Arabic and Sanskrit. He evaluated the knowledge systems of both the Greeks and Hindus from a perspective developed through the Islamic monotheism and failed to understand the pluralistic outlook in Indo-Greek cultures. He complains of the lack of scientific perfection in them.