Ancient Insights on Continental Connection

Persian scholar Abu Rahan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni made significant contributions to geography and cosmology in the 11th century. He proposed the idea that land masses, including India, might have been connected to other continents in the past, foreshadowing the modern understanding of continental drift. His work included observations regarding the geography of his time and calculations of the Earth's circumference, which were remarkably accurate. Although he did not discover plate tectonics, his insights hinted at the interconnectedness of landmasses long before these ideas were formally established.