अलबेरूनी

• alaberooni (973-1048 ee.) 'rabiva' ka rahane vala tha.
• isaka janm 'khvarijm' mean hua tha. 1017 ee. mean khvarijm ko mahamood gazanavi dvara jit liya gaya.

• sultan mahamood gazanavi ke samane alaberooni ko ek qaidi athava bandhak ke roop mean gazani laya gaya tha.
• usaki vidvatta se prabhavit hokar mahamood gazanavi ne use apane rajy ka 'raj jyotish' niyukt kar diya.
• vah sultan mahamood gazanavi ki sena ke sath bharat aya aur kee varshoan tak panjab mean raha.
• usaka asali nam 'aboo raihan muhammad' tha, lekin vah ‘alaberooni’ ke nam se hi adhik prasiddh hai, jisaka arth hota hai, ‘ustad’.
• vah b da vidvan tha. bharat mean rahakar usane sanskrit ko b de hi premapoorvak vishay ke roop mean padha tatha hindoo darshan tatha doosare shastroan ka bhi gaharaee se adhyayan kiya.
• isi adhyayan ke adhar par usane ‘tahakik-e-hind’ (bharat ki khoj) namak pustak ki rachana ki thi.
• is puktak mean hinduoan ke itihas, charitr, achar-vyavahar, paramparaoan aur vaijnanik jnan ka vishad varnan kiya gaya hai.
• isamean musalamanoan ke akraman ke pahale ke bharatiy itihas aur sanskriti ka pramanik aur amooly vivaran milata hai.
• usaki anek pustakean aprapy haian, lekin jo milata hai, usamean sachaoo dvara aangrezi bhasha mean anoodit ‘di kronol aauji aauf esent neshans’ (purani kaumoan ka itihas) usaki vidvatta ko siddh karane ke lie paryapt hai.

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