Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Arrange the following foreign traveller's visit to India chronologically.

(A) Francois Bernier from France.
(B) Antonio Monserrate from Spain.
(C) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier from France.
(D) Duarte Barbosa From Portugal.
(E) Peter Mundy from England.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(C), (B), (D), (A), (E)

(E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

(A), (B), (C), (D). (E)

(D), (B), (E), (C), (A)

Correct Answer:

(D), (B), (E), (C), (A)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → (D), (B), (E), (C), (A)

(D) Duarte Barbosa From Portugal.
(B) Antonio Monserrate from Spain.
(E) Peter Mundy from England.
(C) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier from France.
(A) Francois Bernier from France.

Timeline of Some Travellers who Left Accounts after visiting India:

Tenth-eleventh centuries
973-1048: Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni (from Uzbekistan)

Thirteenth century
1254-1323: Marco Polo (from Italy)

Fourteenth century
1304-77: Ibn Battuta (from Morocco)

Fifteenth-century
1413-82: Abd al-Razzaq Kamal al-Din ibn Ishaq al-Samarqandi (from Samarqand)
1466-72 (years spent in India): Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin (fifteenth century, from Russia)

Sixteenth century
1518 (visit to India): Duarte Barbosa, d.1521 (from Portugal)
1562 (year of death): Seydi Ali Reis (from Turkey)
1536-1600: Antonio Monserrate (from Spain)

Seventeenth century
1626-31 (years spent in India): Mahmud Wali Balkhi (from Balkh)
1600-67: Peter Mundy (from England)
1605-89: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (from France)
1620-88: François Bernier (from France)