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Prelims POWER PLAY- History-1


Foreign Travellers who came to India in Medieval Period

1. Marco Polo ( Italy)
Period of Travel:  1288-1292 AD
Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Pandya Kingdom

2. Ibn-e-Batuta (Morocco)
Period of Travel:  1333-1342 AD
Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

3. Nicoloi Conti  (Italy)
Period of Travel: 1420-1422 AD
Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Dev Ray I (Vijay Nagar)

4. Tsang Hi (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 –(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 (French Doctor)
Period of Travel: 1658-1668 AD
Under Reign (Ruler or Dynasty): Bijapur

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


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