Arrange the following according to the travel route taken by Ibn Battuta as Muhammad bin Tughlaq's envoy to China in 1342?
(A) Bengal
(B) Assam
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Zaytun
(E) Sumatra
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (A), (B), (E), (D)
(C) Sri Lanka — ordered in 1342 to go to China, Ibn Battuta went to the Malabar coast and the Maldives, and then proceeded to Sri Lanka.
(A) Bengal — after going back once more to the Malabar coast and the Maldives, he visited Bengal before resuming his mission to China.
(B) Assam — he visited Bengal and Assam as well.
(E) Sumatra — he then took a ship to Sumatra.
(D) Zaytun — from Sumatra another ship took him to the Chinese port town of Zaytun (now known as Quanzhou).
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 An early globe-trotter … Once the misunderstanding between him and the Sultan was cleared, he was restored to imperial service, and was ordered in 1342 to proceed to China as the Sultan’s envoy to the Mongol ruler. With the new assignment, Ibn Battuta proceeded to the Malabar coast through central India. From Malabar he went to the Maldives, where he stayed for eighteen months as the qazi, but eventually decided to proceed to Sri Lanka. He then went back once more to the Malabar coast and the Maldives, and before resuming his mission to China, visited Bengal and Assam as well. He took a ship to Sumatra, and from there another ship for the Chinese port town of Zaytun (now known as Quanzhou).…” |