Arjun, a history teacher, is planning a lesson on how the writings of travellers help us know the past. He gathers several accounts. One, written in the fifteenth century, describes a great city of south India as seen by an envoy sent by a Persian-speaking ruler. Another is by an official of a large empire, who wrote down what he saw of village life during his tours. Arjun also wants his class to place three famous foreign visitors to the subcontinent in time and trace where each came from.
The envoy in Arjun's first account was a diplomat who came visiting from Herat. Which city does his description concern?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Vijayanagara
Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi, a diplomat from Herat, left one of the most important fifteenth-century descriptions of the city of Vijayanagara.
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