Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:
Which of the following traveller compared the Indian conditions with that of "west"?
Options:
Marco Polo
François Bernier
Duarte Barbosa
Al Biruni
Correct Answer:
François Bernier
Explanation:
Bernier travelled to several parts of the India and wrote accounts of what he saw, frequently comparing what he saw in India with the situation in Europe. He dedicated his major writing to Louis XIV, the king of France, and many of his other works were written in the form of letters to influential officials and ministers. In virtually every instance Bernier described what he saw in India as a bleak situation in comparison to developments in Europe.