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IMPORTANT
FOREIGN TRAVELLER DURING ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL INDIA
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NAME
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COUNTRY
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PERIOD
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REMARKS
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MEGASTHENES
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GREECE
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AFTER THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA
AND SELUCAS(305 B.C-DEBATABLE).
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Ambassador of
Selucus I of SyrIA.
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Came to court of
Sandrokottes(Chandragupta maurya).
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Described the social and administrative
conditions under the mauryas.
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Wrote Indica.
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In Indica we found the royal palace Magadha made by wood.
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7 division of Indian cast system.
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PTOLEMY
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GREECE
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130
A.D
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Wrote “the geography of India”-which
describes ancient Indian geography.
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FA-HIEN
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CHINA
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399 A.D-412 A.D
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Visited India during Chandragupta
II(Vikramaditya).
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Visited Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha.
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Journey described in his travelogoue as
“Record of Buddhist Kingdoms”.
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Wrote Fo-Kyo-Ki.
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HIUEN TSANG
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CHINA
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629
A.D-645 A.D
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Visited the court of Harshavardhana.
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Came through Tashkent and Swat valley.
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His book “Si-yu-ki or the records of western world”.
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AL BERUNI
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MIDDLE ASIA
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1000A.D-1025A.D
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Came along with Mahmud of Ghajni.
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First Muslim scholar to study India.
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Known as founder of Indology.
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Wrote Tarikh al Hind/kitab-ul-hind.
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IBN BATUTA
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MORROCCO
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1333A.D
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Was appointed a Qadi or judge, by Md. Bin
Tughlaq.
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Wrote Kitab-ul-rahla.
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MARCOPOLO
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ITALY
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1288A.D-1292A.D
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Visited Kakatiya state under
Rudrmadevi(pandayas).
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Well known European travellar who visited
many eastern countries.
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NICOLO CONTI
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ITALIAN
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1420-1421
A.D
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Came during the rule of Devraya Iof
Sangam dynasty of Vijayanagar empire.
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Has given a graphic account of
Vijayanagars capital
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ABDUL RAZZAK
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PERSIAN
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1442-1445 A.D
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Ambassador of Shahrukh of Timurid
dynasty.
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Came during the rule of Devraya II of
Sangam dynasty of Vijayanagar empire.
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Given a brief account of the country side,
in his Matla us saddin wamajuma ul Baharain.
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AFNASY NIKITIN
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RUSSIA
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1469-1472
A.D
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A Russian merchant who documented his
Indian visit in a narrative”The
journey beyond 3 seas”.
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He had visited the Bahamani sultanate.
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DOMINGO PAES
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PORTUGAL
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1520-1522A.D
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Came during the rule of
Krishnadevaraya(1509-1529) of Tuluv dynasty
of Vijayanagar empire.
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FERNAO NUNES
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PORTUGAL
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1535-1537
A.D
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He was a chronicler and a horse trder.
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Came during the rule of Achutya
devaraya(1529-1542A.D) of Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagar empire.
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Informs us that a large number of kings
paid tribute to him.
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WILLIAM HAWKINS
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BRITAIN
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1609-1611A.D
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He was an ambassador of King James I.
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Visited the court of Jahangir.
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SIR THOMAS ROE
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BRITAIN
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1615A.D
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He was the ambassador of King James I.
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Arrived at Jahangirs court.
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By 1618 he obtained 2 farmans confirming
free trade. (His Journal of the mission to the Mogul Empire, several times
printed, has been re-edited, with an introduction by W Foster, for the Hakluyt Society (1899). This is a
valuable contribution to the history of India in the early 17th century. Of his correspondence)
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PIETRO DELLA VALLE
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ITALY
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1623-1624A.D
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Visited the king of Vekatappa nayaka of Keladi in India.
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SIR WILLIAM NORRIS
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BRITAIN
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He was the companies ambassador to the Mughal empire.
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Visited during Auranjeebs reign.
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OTHER
FOREIGN TRAVELLER DURING ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL INDIA
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NAME
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PERIOD
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REMARKS
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Unknown
greek sailor
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MID
1st CENTURY
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Wrote a book named “Periplus of the erethraean
sea”.-describing navigation and trading opportunities from Roman - Egyptian
ports like Berenice along the coast of the Red Sea, and others along
Northeast Africa and the Indian subcontinent
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ST.THOMAS
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14-15
A.D
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An apostle who spread Christianity in Kerala.
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CHENG-HI
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1421-1431A.D
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Came during the reign of Jalauddin(Bengal)
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LUDVICO
DE VORTHEMA
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1502-1508
A.D
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Italian merchant who visited India in 1502-1508 A.D left
his memoirs in Egypt, India, Syria
etc.
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BARTOLOMIU-DIAS
(PORTUGUESE)
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1503-1508
A.D
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Came in Deccan.
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In 1488 he sailed around the tips of Africa the first
European to have done so.
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EDWARDO
BARBOSA
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1516-1518A.D
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Came during the reign of Krishnadevaraya.
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ANTHONY
MONSERRATE
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1578-1582A.D
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Came during the reign of Akbar
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RALPH
FITCH
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1585-1591A.D
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Came during the reign of Akbar.
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CAESAR
FREIDRICK
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16th
CENTURY
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Came to Vijayanagar.
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JOHN
LISCONTEN
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16th CENTURY
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Came to Vijayanagar.
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LAMA
TARANATH
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16th CENTURY
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Came to east India.
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WILLIAM
FITCH
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1608-1612A.D
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Came during Jahangir.
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JOHN-JOURDIAN
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1608-1617A.D
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Came during Jahangir.
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NICHOLAS
DOWNTON
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1608-1615A.D
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Came during Jahangir.
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NICHOLAS
WITHINGTON
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1612-1616A.D
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Came during Jahangir.
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THOMAS
CORYET
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1612-1617A.D
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Came during Jahangir.
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EDWARD
TERRY
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1616-1619A.D
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Came during the rule of Jahangir.
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PAUL
CANNIN(BRITISH)
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1615-1625
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Came during the rule of Jahangir.
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FRANSISCO
PELASERT
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1620-1627
A.D
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Came during Jahangir.
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PIETRA
DELLAVALE
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1622-1633A.D
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Came during Jahangir.
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JOHN
LAIT
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1626-1633A.D
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Came during Shahjahan..
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PETER
MUNDY
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1630-1634A.D
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Came during Shahjahan..
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MANUCCI
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1656-1687A.D
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Came during Aurangjeeb.
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BERNIER
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1658-1668A.D
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Came during Aurangjeeb.
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JEAN
DE THEVENOT
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1666-1668A.D
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Came during Aurangjeeb.
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GEMELLI
CARERI
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1695-1699A.D
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Came to Bijapur.
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