The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
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LIST I
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LIST II
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A. Al-Biruni
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II. Uzbekistan
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B. Ibn-Battuta
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I. Morocco
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C. Francois Bernier
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IV. France
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D. Abd-al Razzaq Samarqandi
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III. Herat
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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) |