Match the LIST-I with LIST-II:
| LIST-I Travellers | LIST-II Associative-Years | ||
| A. | Ibn Battuta | I. | 1605-89 |
| B. | Jean-Baptiste Tavernier | II. | 973-1048 |
| C. | Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin | III. | 1304-77 |
| D. | Muhammad bin Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni | IV. | 1466-72 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A - III, B - I, C - IV, D - II
(A) Ibn Battuta — this matches (III) 1304-77. He came from Morocco in the fourteenth century; his book of travels, the Rihla, describes India under Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
(B) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier — this matches (I) 1605-89. He was a French jeweller of the seventeenth century who travelled to India at least six times.
(C) Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin — this matches (IV) 1466-72. He came from Russia in the fifteenth century; these are the years he spent in India, not his lifespan.
(D) Muhammad bin Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni — this matches (II) 973-1048. He came from Uzbekistan in the tenth-eleventh centuries, the earliest of the four, and wrote the Kitab-ul-Hind.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2025-26)
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