Question

Foreign visitors to india from ancient days to mughal period

Answer 1

1. Marco Polo from Italy
Period of Travel: 1288-1292 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Pandya Kingdom

2. Ibn-e-Batuta from Morocco
Period of Travel: 1333-1342 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

3. Nicoloi Conti from Italy
Period of Travel: 1420-1422 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Dev Ray I (Vijay Nagar)

4. Tsang Hi from China
Period of Travel: 1421-1431 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jalaluddin of Bengal

5. Abdur Razzak-Ambassador from Iran
Period of Travel: 1442-1443 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Dev Ray II (Vijay Nagar)

6. Athnasius Niketin from Russia
Period of Travel: 1470-1474 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Mohammad III Bahmani

Alberuni’s Description of India

7. Bartholomu Diaz-Italian boat man
Period of Travel: 1503-1508 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Deccan

8. Eduardo Barbosa-Portuguese
Period of Travel: 1516-1518 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)

9. Domingo’s Paes—Portuguese
Period of Travel: 1520-1522 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)

10. Nuniz-Portuguese Merchant of Home
Period of Travel: 1535-1537 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Achyut Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)

11. Anthony Monserrate Portuguese Priest
Period of Travel: 1578-1582 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Akbar

12. Ralph Fisch (First English traveller)
Period of Travel: 1585-1591 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Akbar

13. Ceaser Fredriseh (Portuguese traveller)
Period of Travel: 16th Century

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Vijay Nagar

14. John Linscoten (Dutch)
Period of Travel: 16th Century

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Vijay Nagar

15. Lama Taranath (Tibetian Bauddha)
Period of Travel: 16th Century

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Eastern India

16. Captain Hawkins (English traveller)
Period of Travel: 1608-1613 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

17. William Fisch (English traveller)
Period of Travel: 1608-1612 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

18. John Jurdan (Portuguese)
Period of Travel: 1608-1617 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

19. Nicholos Doughton (English Navy Officer)
Period of Travel: 1608-1615 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

20. Nicholos Withurgton (English traveller)
Period of Travel: 1612-1616 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

21. Thomas Coryat (English traveller)
Period of Travel: 1612-1617 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

22. Sir Thomas Roe (English Ambassador)
Period of Travel: 1615-1619 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

23. Pal Canning (English traveller)
Period of Travel: 1615-1625

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

24. Edward Terry (English Priest)
Period of Travel: 1616-1619 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

25. Francisco Paelsert (Dutch)
Period of Travel: 1620-1627 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

26. Pietra Della Velle (Italy)
Period of Travel: 1622-1660 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Jahangir

27. John Loyatt (Dutch)
Period of Travel: 1626-1633 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Shahjahan

28. John Fryer (English)
Period of Travel: 1627-1681 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Shahjahan

29. Peter Mundy (Italy)
Period of Travel: 1630-1634 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Shahjahan

30. Tavernier (French Jeweller)
Period of Travel: 1641-1687 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Shahjahan & Aurangzeb

31. Manucci (Italy)
Period of Travel: 1656-1687 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Aurangzeb

32. Bernier (Franch Doctor)
Period of Travel: 1658-1668 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Aurangzeb

33. Jean Thevnot (France)
Period of Travel: 1666-1668 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Aurangzeb

34. Gammilly Careri (Italy)
Period of Travel: 1695-1697 AD

Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Bijapur

In the above list of Foreign Travellers who came to India in Medieval Period consists of period of travel and under which reign they came.

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