Prominent Foreign Travellers During Medivial India for RAS/RTS Prelims Exam

1.Marco PoloVenetian Traveller visited Pandya kingdom
2.Ibn BatutaMuhammad bin Tughlaq
3.Nicolo ContiItalian visited Vijayanagar during the reign of Deva Raya I
4.Abdur RazaqVisited the court of Zamorin in Calicut & travelled to Vijaynagar
during the reign of Deva Raya II
5.NikitinRussian, visited Bahmani kingdom & Gujarat
6.NunizPortuguese, stayed at Vijayanagar during Krishna Deva Raya
7.Ralph FitchBritish during Akbar’s reign
8.William HawkinsEnglish merchant. Received a mansab from Jehangir
9.Thomas RoeAmbassador of English King James I to Jehangir’s court.
Obtained trade concessions. Wrote “Embassy”.
10.Peter MundyEnglish traveller during Shah Jahan’s reign.
11.TavernierFrench jweller. Aurangzeb’s reign.
12.BernierFrench Physician. Most important account of all European.
Aurangzeb’s reign. Wrote ‘Travels in the Mughal Empire’.
13.Nicolo ManucciItalian. Aurangzeb’s reign.
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