Arrange the following foreign travellers according to their year of visit to India in chronological order.
(A) Francois Bernier from France.
(B) Duarte Barbosa from Portugal.
(C) Marco Polo from Italy.
(D) Ibn Battuta from Morocco.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(1) (B), (C), (D), (A)
(2) (C), (D), (B), (A)
(3) (A), (B), (C), (D)
(4) (D), (B), (C), (A)

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The correct answer is Option 2 - 2 [(C), (D), (B), (A)]

(C) Marco Polo from Italy.
(D) Ibn Battuta from Morocco.
(B) Duarte Barbosa from Portugal.
(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)