Question

Who wrote the famous book Kitab-ul-Hind?
A- Abul Fazl
B- Amir Khusrau
C- Al Biruni
D- Firdauzi

Answer 1

Hint:
The author was the first Muslim scholar to research India and its Brahmanic tradition.
He is recognised as the Founder of Indology and also as the first anthropologist.
He was an Iranian scholar and polymath during the Golden Age of Islam.

Complete answer:
Al-Biruni practised almost all fields of science and was compensated for his hard work and study. Al-Biruni was influenced by other nations, such as the Greeks, whom he encouraged when he turned to the study of philosophy. He was an unbiased writer on customs & creeds of different nations, and was called al-Ustadh (Master) for his remarkable portrayal of early 11th-century India. Abu Rayhan Biruni's birthday is celebrated as the day of the surveying engineer in Iran.

Kitab-ul-Hind which is also known as Tarikh-ul-Hind was written during the early 11th century. The book studies the “caste system” in India and has a comparative nature.

Let us now figure out, who authored the Islamic classic-

Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak was the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the author of Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign in three books, and the Persian version of the Bible. He was not related to Kitab-ul-Hind. Thus, Option A is incorrect.

Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau was a Sufi artist, poet, scholar. He was a symbol in the intellectual past of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual follower of Nizamuddin Auliy of Delhi. He did not author Kitab - ul - Hind. Thus, Option B is also incorrect.

Alberuni or Alberonius (Latin) was a prolific Persian scholar and polymath in the 11th century. He was a great scholar of Islam and a famous historian who visited the subcontinent during the Ghazvan dynasty in 1017. During his stay in India, he wrote the book Kitab-ul-Hind, which focuses on Indian faith, philosophy, customs and traditions. Thus, Option C is correct.
Ferdowsi was a Persian poet and author of Shahnameh, one of the longest epic poems in the world created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. He was not related to the book of the Kitab-ul-Hind. Therefore, Option D is incorrect.

Therefore , the correct answer is C

Note:
Abu Rayhan Biruni was a talented man; he was a versatile scholar, and besides his writing languages (Arabic and Persian), he was well versed in Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, etc.

His other popular book, Ta akanqîq mā l'l-Hind (Indica), is a work related to Indian philosophy and religion.

He was one of the very few personalities who had been rewarded with a moon crater named after them 'Al-Beruni Crater.'