Q: Who was the Greek ambassador to Chandragupta Maurya’s court?
A: Megasthenes
Q: Which book did Megasthenes write?
A: Indica
Q: Which Mauryan king did Megasthenes visit?
A: Chandragupta Maurya
Q: Which Chinese traveller visited India during Harsha’s reign?
A: Xuanzang
Q: Which Chinese traveller visited India during Chandragupta II’s reign?
A: Fa-Hien
Q: Which Chinese traveller studied at Nalanda University?
A: Xuanzang
Q: Who described Harshavardhana’s religious assemblies at Kannauj?
A: Xuanzang
Q: Who gave details about Gupta society and Buddhist monasteries?
A: Fa-Hien
Q: Which traveller wrote Si-yu-ki (Records of the Western World)?
A: Xuanzang
Q: Which Chinese pilgrim visited India during Kumaragupta I’s reign?
A: Fa-Hien
Q: Which Moroccan traveller visited India during Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s reign?
A: Ibn Battuta
Q: Which book did Ibn Battuta write?
A: Rihla
Q: Who was appointed as Qazi of Delhi by Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
A: Ibn Battuta
Q: Who visited the Vijayanagara Empire during Krishna Deva Raya’s reign?
A: Domingo Paes
Q: Which Portuguese traveller described Vijayanagara’s Hampi in detail?
A: Domingo Paes
Q: Which Persian traveller visited Vijayanagara during Deva Raya II’s reign?
A: Abdur Razzaq
Q: Who was the Russian traveller who visited the Bahmani kingdom?
A: Nikitin
Q: Which Italian traveller visited Vijayanagara during Deva Raya II’s time?
A: Nicolo Conti
Q: Which Venetian traveller visited the court of Alauddin Khalji?
A: Marco Polo
Q: Which traveller described Indian society under Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
A: Ibn Battuta
Q: Which traveller described the glory of Hampi and Mahanavami celebrations?
A: Domingo Paes
Q: Who was the first European traveller to give a detailed account of South India?
A: Marco Polo
Q: Which Portuguese traveller called Vijayanagara the City of Victory?
A: Domingo Paes
Q: Which Persian ambassador visited the Zamorin of Calicut?
A: Abdur Razzaq
Q: Which Italian traveller wrote about Kerala spices?
A: Nicolo Conti
Q: Which French traveller visited India during Aurangzeb’s reign?
A: Francois Bernier
Q: Which book did Francois Bernier write?
A: Travels in the Mughal Empire
Q: Which French jeweller described Indian trade under the Mughals?
A: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Q: Which Chinese traveller described Pataliputra’s prosperity?
A: Fa-Hien
Q: Which foreign traveller mentioned Kalinga’s coastal trade?
A: Nicolo Conti
Q: Who first described the practice of Sati?
A: Abdur Razzaq
Q: Which traveller mentioned Indian pepper as black gold?
A: Nicolo Conti
Q: Who described Hampi as the world’s best provided city?
A: Domingo Paes
Q: Which traveller described Mughal decline under Aurangzeb?
A: Francois Bernier
Q: Who praised the beauty of Indian textiles?
A: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Q: Which traveller visited Golconda diamond mines?
A: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Q: Which traveller wrote about pearl fishing in India and Ceylon?
A: Ibn Battuta
Q: Who wrote about Bahmani horse trade?
A: Nikitin
Q: Which English traveller gave details of Bihar and Bengal?
A: Ralph Fitch
Q: Which Chinese traveller stayed at Nalanda for 12 years?
A: Xuanzang
Q: Who gave details of Indian agriculture under the Guptas?
A: Fa-Hien
Q: Who described Delhi as one of the greatest Islamic cities?
A: Ibn Battuta
Q: Who gave the first eyewitness account of Vijayanagara’s destruction?
A: Fernao Nunes
Q: Which traveller’s writings are a primary source for Mauryan polity?
A: Megasthenes
Q: Which English traveller visited Jahangir’s court as ambassador?
A: Sir Thomas Roe
Q: Which English king sent Sir Thomas Roe to India?
A: James I of England
Q: In whose court did Sir Thomas Roe stay?
A: Jahangir
Q: Which English traveller visited Akbar’s court in 1585?
A: Ralph Fitch
Q: Which French traveller described Mughal peasantry and administration?
A: Francois Bernier