The work contains two books: (1) An account of India by Ibn Khurdadhbih, one of the earliest Arab geographers, and forms a past of his world geography al-Masalik wa’l Mamalik, (2) An account of India and China compiled in A D 851 and usually attributed to Sulayman, the Merchant. Professor. Ahmad has presented the first complete English translation of the two works with exhaustive commentaries based on the latest editions of the works. The works deal with the ...
