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'Al-Biruni faced many obstacles in the understanding of India.' Explain the statement with examples.

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Al-Biruni identified three main barriers to understanding India: 1. Language (Sanskrit vs. Arabic/Persian), 2. Religious and Social Distance, and 3. Ethnocentrism of the local scholars.

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