India of Medieval Age — HISTORY STD 11 Arts — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ArtsHISTORYIndia of Medieval Age5 Marks
Question
Write a note on travelling authors from foreign countries during medieval age.
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Answer
Travelogues of foreign tourists to medieval India are very basic and important.
Chou-ju-kua, a Chinese merchant and traveler who visited India in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, describes the trade between South India and China and the role of the Arabs in his book Chua-fun-char.
The Arabs named Alamsuhi in their book "Muhjul-Jahab" and Ibn Battuta, an Arab traveler who served as Qazi of Delhi in the time of Mohammad Tughlaq, have recorded the information of that time.
Niccolo Di, a traveler from Italy. Conti and Iranian traveler Abudar Razak visited the state of Vijayanagar as the Shah's ambassador to Iran and gave information about the time.
Athenius Nikitin, a traveler from Russia, came to South India at this time.
Portuguese travelers such as Barboursa, Domingo Paez, Nunez Ludovico-de-Berthe and Caesar Frederick have given information about sixteenth century India.
Rolf Fitch was the first traveler to visit India in the $16th$ century.
William Hawkins and then Thomas Rowe came to the court of Jahangir as ambassadors of King James I of England.
Mandu with Jahangir and traveled to Ahmedabad and wrote the details.
Peter Mundy, an Italian traveler who came to India during Shah Jahan's time, and Jean-Trevor Nair, who came to India from Venice, joined Sekoh's army.
He has given a travelogue till the death of Aurangzeb.
The French traveler Bernier stayed at Shah Jahan's court and Chennai till $1717$ and gave detailed information about India.
Most of the foreign tourists came to medieval India during the reign of Jahangir.
During the last days of medieval India, many tourists came from Europe including Portuguese, Dutch, English, and French.
He has recorded a systematic history of the struggles with the British in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha and with the French.
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