Match List I with List II:
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LIST I |
LIST II |
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A. Al-Biruni |
I. Morocco |
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B. Ibn-Battuta |
II. Uzbekistan |
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C. Francois Bernier |
III. Herat |
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D. Abd-al Razzaq Samarqandi |
IV. France |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
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LIST I |
LIST II |
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A. Al-Biruni |
II. Uzbekistan |
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B. Ibn-Battuta |
I. Morocco |
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C. Francois Bernier |
IV. France |
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D. Abd-al Razzaq Samarqandi |
III. Herat |
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, Herat)
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)