The Portuguese travelers who visited Vijayanagara city in the 16th century are ______.
A. Abdur Razzaq
B. Fernao Nuniz
C. Nicolo Conti
D. Domingo Paes
E. Duarte Barbosa
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B, D and E only
A. Abdur Razzaq Incorrect. He was an ambassador sent by the ruler of Persia, who visited the city in the fifteenth century.
B. Fernao Nuniz Correct. He came from Portugal in the sixteenth century.
C. Nicolo Conti Incorrect. Nicolo de Conti was an Italian trader, who visited the city in the fifteenth century.
D. Domingo Paes Correct. He came from Portugal in the sixteenth century and compared the size of the city to Rome.
E. Duarte Barbosa Correct. He came from Portugal in the sixteenth century and wrote a detailed account of trade and society in south India.
NCERT (2026-27): “3. Vijayanagara … Finding out about the city A large number of inscriptions of the kings of Vijayanagara and their nayakas recording donations to temples as well as describing important events have been recovered. Several travellers visited the city and wrote about it. Notable among their accounts are those of an Italian trader named Nicolo de Conti, an ambassador named Abdur Razzaq sent by the ruler of Persia, a merchant named Afanasii Nikitin from Russia, all of whom visited the city in the fifteenth century, and those of Duarte Barbosa, Domingo Paes and Fernao Nuniz from Portugal, who came in the sixteenth century.” |