Arrange the travellers in a chronological order as per their visit to India:
(A) Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin
(B) Ibn Battuta
(C) François Bernier
(D) Duarte Barbosa
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
(B) Ibn Battuta — the traveller from Morocco reached Sind in 1333, in the fourteenth century.
(A) Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin — the merchant from Russia spent the years 1466-72 in India, in the fifteenth century.
(D) Duarte Barbosa — the Portuguese writer visited India in 1518, in the sixteenth century.
(C) François Bernier — the French doctor was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668, in the seventeenth century.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 An early globe-trotter … Travelling overland through Central Asia, Ibn Battuta reached Sind in 1333.… 3. François Bernier A Doctor with a Difference … François Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor, political philosopher and historian. Like many others, he came to the Mughal Empire in search of opportunities. He was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668, and was closely associated with the Mughal court, as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan,…”
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