recall some other Travellers who visited India at various Times
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Megasthenes (Greek) (302-298 BC) :
Megasthenes was a famous Foreign Envoy and ambassador of Seleucus Nikator of Syria .He visited the Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrokottos) court.He wrote the great book Indica which explains the reign of Chandragupta Maurya.He explained Social and administrative status at the time of Mauryas.Megasthenes was the first foreign envoy who visited India.
2. Fa-Hien (China) (405-411 AD):
Fa-Hien is a Foreign Envoy who visited India at the time of Chandragupta II, known as Vikramaditya.He was a Chinese pilgrim. Fa-Hien was the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India.Fa-Hien came to India to collect Buddhist texts and relics.Fa-Hien visited Lumbini, the Buddha’s birth place.He compiled his experiences in a travelogue “Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms”
3. Hiuen-Tsang (China) (630-645 AD):
Hiuen-Tsang is a Foreign Envoy who visited India during the time of Harshavardhana.He Reached India through Tashkent and Swat ValleyHe wrote his experiences in his book Si-yu-ki or the ‘Records of Western World .
4. I-tsing (671-695 AD):
I-tsing was A Chinese traveler, I-tsing visited India in connection with Buddhism.
5. Al-Masudi (957 AD):
Al-Masudi was An Arab traveler, he explained about India in his book Muruj-ul-Zehab.
6. Al-beruni (Parsia) (1024-1030 AD):
Al-beruni is a Foreign Envoy who visited India along with Ghazni at the time of his Indian raids.Al-beruni is the first muslim scholar who studied Inida.He travelled all over India .He popularly known as Founder of Indology.His famous book was ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’ which explains about India.
7. Marco Polo (1292-1294 AD):
Marco Polo was a Foreign Envoy and Venetian traveler
In 1294 A.D. he visited South India.Marco Polo visited Rudramadevi’s Kakatiya dynasty.He is very popular to travel through number of eastern countries.He wrote his experiences in his book ‘The Book of Sir Marco Polo’.This book explains the economic history of India.
8. Ibn Batuta (1333-1347 AD):
Ibn Batuta was A Morrish traveler, he wrote the book ‘Rehla’ (The Travelogue).
In his book he explained the dynasty of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and also the economical, social and geographical status of his time.
9. Shihabuddin al-Umari (1348 AD):
Shihabuddin al-Umari was A traveller from the country Damascus.His book is Masalik albsar fi-mamalik al-amsar. He explained Indian History in it.
10. Nicolo Conti (1420-1421 AD):
Nicolo Conti was A Venetian tourist.He visited India at the time of Devaraya I of Vijayanagar empire (Sangam dynasty).
11. Abdur Razzaq (1443-1444 AD):
Abdur Razzaq was aforeing envoyerHe was the Ambassador of Shahrukh of Timurid DynastyA Persian tourist. In India he stayed at the court of the Zamorin at Calicut.He give a clear account of the Vijaynagar empire and his kingdom.Ambassador of Shahrukh of Timurid DynastyCame during the rule of Devaraya II of Sangam dynasty of Vijayanagar empire.
12. Athanasius Nikitin (1470-1474 AD):
Athanasius Nikitin was a merchant from Russian.He explained the living conditions of the Bahmani kingdom which is under Muhammad III (1463-82).
Megasthenes was a famous Foreign Envoy and ambassador of Seleucus Nikator of Syria .He visited the Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrokottos) court.He wrote the great book Indica which explains the reign of Chandragupta Maurya.He explained Social and administrative status at the time of Mauryas.Megasthenes was the first foreign envoy who visited India.
2. Fa-Hien (China) (405-411 AD):
Fa-Hien is a Foreign Envoy who visited India at the time of Chandragupta II, known as Vikramaditya.He was a Chinese pilgrim. Fa-Hien was the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India.Fa-Hien came to India to collect Buddhist texts and relics.Fa-Hien visited Lumbini, the Buddha’s birth place.He compiled his experiences in a travelogue “Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms”
3. Hiuen-Tsang (China) (630-645 AD):
Hiuen-Tsang is a Foreign Envoy who visited India during the time of Harshavardhana.He Reached India through Tashkent and Swat ValleyHe wrote his experiences in his book Si-yu-ki or the ‘Records of Western World .
4. I-tsing (671-695 AD):
I-tsing was A Chinese traveler, I-tsing visited India in connection with Buddhism.
5. Al-Masudi (957 AD):
Al-Masudi was An Arab traveler, he explained about India in his book Muruj-ul-Zehab.
6. Al-beruni (Parsia) (1024-1030 AD):
Al-beruni is a Foreign Envoy who visited India along with Ghazni at the time of his Indian raids.Al-beruni is the first muslim scholar who studied Inida.He travelled all over India .He popularly known as Founder of Indology.His famous book was ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’ which explains about India.
7. Marco Polo (1292-1294 AD):
Marco Polo was a Foreign Envoy and Venetian traveler
In 1294 A.D. he visited South India.Marco Polo visited Rudramadevi’s Kakatiya dynasty.He is very popular to travel through number of eastern countries.He wrote his experiences in his book ‘The Book of Sir Marco Polo’.This book explains the economic history of India.
8. Ibn Batuta (1333-1347 AD):
Ibn Batuta was A Morrish traveler, he wrote the book ‘Rehla’ (The Travelogue).
In his book he explained the dynasty of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and also the economical, social and geographical status of his time.
9. Shihabuddin al-Umari (1348 AD):
Shihabuddin al-Umari was A traveller from the country Damascus.His book is Masalik albsar fi-mamalik al-amsar. He explained Indian History in it.
10. Nicolo Conti (1420-1421 AD):
Nicolo Conti was A Venetian tourist.He visited India at the time of Devaraya I of Vijayanagar empire (Sangam dynasty).
11. Abdur Razzaq (1443-1444 AD):
Abdur Razzaq was aforeing envoyerHe was the Ambassador of Shahrukh of Timurid DynastyA Persian tourist. In India he stayed at the court of the Zamorin at Calicut.He give a clear account of the Vijaynagar empire and his kingdom.Ambassador of Shahrukh of Timurid DynastyCame during the rule of Devaraya II of Sangam dynasty of Vijayanagar empire.
12. Athanasius Nikitin (1470-1474 AD):
Athanasius Nikitin was a merchant from Russian.He explained the living conditions of the Bahmani kingdom which is under Muhammad III (1463-82).
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