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UPSC History The Gupta Empire Question Bank Miscellaneous/Pre-Medieval Period

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    Consider the following sentences regarding translating texts, sharing ideas in early medieval India,
    1. Al -Biruni's expertise in several languages allowed him to compare languages and translate texts.
    2. He translated several Sanskrit works, including Patanjali's work on grammar, into Arabic.
    3. For his Brahmana friends, he translated the works of
    Euclid (a Greek mathematician) into Sanskrit. Which of the above sentence(s) is /are true?

    A)  1 and 2                       

    B)  1 and 3

    C)   2 and 3                      

    D)  1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     All of the above are correct. Al-Biruni was expertise of several language of the world translated many Indian books into the different languages of the world and vice versa.


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