Which among the following travellers visited the city of Vijayanagara during the 15th century?
(A) Domingo Paes
(B) Abdur Razzaq
(C) Afanasii Nikitin
(D) Fernao Nuniz
(E) Nicolo de Conti
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B), (C) and (E) only
(A) Domingo Paes Incorrect. He came from Portugal in the sixteenth century, with Duarte Barbosa and Fernao Nuniz.
(B) Abdur Razzaq Correct. He was an ambassador sent by the ruler of Persia, who visited the city in the fifteenth century.
(C) Afanasii Nikitin Correct. He was a merchant from Russia who visited the city in the fifteenth century.
(D) Fernao Nuniz Incorrect. Like Domingo Paes, he came from Portugal in the sixteenth century.
(E) Nicolo de Conti Correct. He was an Italian trader who visited the city in the fifteenth century.
NCERT (2025-26): “3. Vijayanagara The Capital and its Environs … A large number of inscriptions of the kings of Vijayanagara and their nayakas recording donations to temples as well as describing important events have been recovered. Several travellers visited the city and wrote about it. Notable among their accounts are those of an Italian trader named Nicolo de Conti, an ambassador named Abdur Razzaq sent by the ruler of Persia, a merchant named Afanasii Nikitin from Russia, all of whom visited the city in the fifteenth century, and those of Duarte Barbosa, Domingo Paes and Fernao Nuniz from Portugal, who came in the sixteenth century.” |