Question

Name the two travellers whose accounts are important sources to know the social condition of Assam in the 16th and 17th centuries

Answer 1

alexander and selecus nicator

Answer 2

Ibn Battuta and Bernier the two travellers whose accounts are important sources to know the social condition of Assam in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Explanation:

• During the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughluq, Ibn Battuta arrived in India. He was a Moroccan Muslim who had travelled to India. During his tour  in 1346-47 A.D., Iban-Batutah stated in his tales that he went to the "Mountain of Kamru" to see saint Jalal Uddin Tabrizi. He criticised low wages given to slaves.

• Bernier's expedition to Abyssinia was diverted to India, and he appears to have visited India by coincidence. In 1658 A.D  and stood against child sati.