Prominent Foreign Travellers During Medivial India for RAS/RTS Prelims Exam
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1.
Marco Polo
Venetian Traveller visited Pandya kingdom
2.
Ibn Batuta
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
3.
Nicolo Conti
Italian visited Vijayanagar during the reign of Deva Raya I
4.
Abdur Razaq
Visited the court of Zamorin in Calicut & travelled to Vijaynagar
during the reign of Deva Raya II
5.
Nikitin
Russian, visited Bahmani kingdom & Gujarat
6.
Nuniz
Portuguese, stayed at Vijayanagar during Krishna Deva Raya
7.
Ralph Fitch
British during Akbar’s reign
8.
William Hawkins
English merchant. Received a mansab from Jehangir
9.
Thomas Roe
Ambassador of English King James I to Jehangir’s court.
Obtained trade concessions. Wrote “Embassy”.
10.
Peter Mundy
English traveller during Shah Jahan’s reign.
11.
Tavernier
French jweller. Aurangzeb’s reign.
12.
Bernier
French Physician. Most important account of all European.
Aurangzeb’s reign. Wrote ‘Travels in the Mughal Empire’.
13.
Nicolo Manucci
Italian. Aurangzeb’s reign.
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