Arrange the following travellers sequentially in order of their arrival in India.
A. Mahmud Wali Balkhi
B. Francois Bernier
C. Abd-ul Razzaq
D. Ibn Battuta
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → D, C, A, B
D. Ibn Battuta — from Morocco, fourteenth century (1304-77); travelling overland through Central Asia, he reached Sind in 1333.
C. Abd-ul Razzaq — Abd al-Razzaq Samarqandi, fifteenth century (1413-82), visited south India in the 1440s.
A. Mahmud Wali Balkhi — from Balkh, he travelled very widely in the 1620s and spent the years 1626-31 in India.
B. Francois Bernier — the Frenchman, a doctor, was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2026-27)
Timeline ‘Some Travellers who Left Accounts’, chapter ‘Through the Eyes of Travellers’ |
