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Foreign Travellers who visited India in Medieval Period during various ruler' s reign

Foreign Traveller Period Ruler

1. Marco Polo from Italy 1288-1292 AD Pandya Kingdom

2. Ibn-e-Batuta from Morocco 1333-1342 AD Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

3. Nicoloi Conti from Italy 1420-1422 AD Dev Ray I (Vijay Nagar)

4. Tsang Hi from China 1421-1431 AD Jalaluddin of Bengal

5. Abdur Razzak-Ambassador
Dev Ray II (Vijay Nagar)
from Iran 1442-1443 AD
6. Athnasius Niketin from
Mohammad III Bahmani
Russia 1470-1474 AD

7. Bartholomu Diaz-Italian 1503-1508 AD Deccan

boat man
8. Eduardo Barbosa-
1516-1518 AD Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)
Portuguese
9. Domingo’s Paes—
1520-1522 AD Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)
Portuguese
10. Nuniz-Portuguese
1535-1537 AD Achyut Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)
Merchant of Home
11. Anthony Monserrate
1578-1582 AD Akbar
Portuguese Priest
12. Ralph Fisch (First English
1585-1591 AD Akbar
traveller)
13. Ceaser Fredriseh
16th Century Vijay Nagar
(Portuguese traveller)
14. John Linscoten (Dutch) 16th Century Vijay Nagar
15. Lama Taranath (Tibetian
16th Century Eastern India
Bauddha)
16. Captain Hawkins (English
1608-1613 AD Jahangir
traveller)
17. William Fisch (English
1608-1612 AD Jahangir
traveller)
18. John Jurdan (Portuguese) 1608-1617 AD Jahangir
19. Nicholos Doughton (English
1608-1615 AD Jahangir
Navy Officer)
20. Nicholos Withurgton
1612-1616 AD Jahangir
(English traveller)
21. Thomas Coryat (English
1612-1617 AD Jahangir
traveller)
22. Sir Thomas Roe (English
1615-1619 AD Jahangir
Ambassador)
23. Pal Canning (English
1615-1625 Jahangir
traveller)
24. Edward Terry (English
1616-1619 AD Jahangir
Priest)
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25. Francisco Paelsert (Dutch) 1620-1627 AD Jahangir

26. Pietra Della Velle (Italy) 1622-1660 AD Jahangir

27. John Loyatt (Dutch) 1626-1633 AD Shahjahan

28. John Fryer (English) 1627-1681 AD Shahjahan

29. Peter Mundy (Italy) 1630-1634 AD Shahjahan

30. Tavernier (French Jeweller) 1641-1687 AD Shahjahan & Aurangzeb

31. Manucci (Italy) 1656-1687 AD Aurangzeb

32. Bernier (French Doctor) 1658-1668 AD Aurangzeb

33. Jean Thevnot (France) 1666-1668 AD Aurangzeb

34. Gammilly Careri (Italy) 1695-1697 AD Aurangzeb