Residence and research in the Indian subcontinent
· Northwestern Indian subcontinent, South Asia
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International · file From 1017, al-Biruni accompanied Mahmud's campaigns in the Indian subcontinent and lived there for several years. His research from this period informed his study of India. The evidence supports presence in the Indian subcontinent but does not identify a single settlement; coordinates are a representative point for the broadly documented northwestern area.
