Which traveller gives a description on ‘widespread poverty’ of the early decades in 17th-century?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Pelsaert
Pelsaert, a Dutch traveller who visited the subcontinent in the early decades of the seventeenth century, was shocked to see the widespread poverty, and he held the state responsible for it.
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