Mandusan
مندوسان
The great Indian shrine of the magnet-stones — attracting, repelling, repulsing in ways the writer declines to tell — counted among the temples named for the planets 1.
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Mandusan is a revered house (temple) in the land of India, which the Indians venerate and to which they offer sacrifices. In it are magnetic stones that attract and repel. Al-Mas'udi says that reports cannot fully convey their qualities. He counts it among the revered houses built after the names of the stars. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 539
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.539
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