> > I am starting off on reading "Alberuni's India" by Edward Sachau. Alberuni's Indica is the first person version of critical analysis of the Indian civilization at 1015AD, from a Muslim point of
Hi Nandakumar
there is a nice book with alberuni's notes by publications division. low priced.
about ibn batutta a traveller who would have given airlines nightmares with his frequen flier points and the immigration service with his fully stamped passport if it was today. Ibn Battuta travelled almost 75,000 miles in his lifetime. Here is a list of present day places he visited starting around 1324
Morocco Algeria Tunisia Egypt Syria Arabia Oman Bahrain Yemen Turkey Bulgaria - Libya Tripoli iran Afghanistan Pakistan India( Delhi Calicut Madurai) Bangladesh Myanmar Maldives Sumatra Malay Peninsula Philippines China Somalia East Africa Mali Walata Timbuktu
its an apt honour that a crater on the moon has been named after him