Major Foreign Traveller In India
INDIA, with its vast landscapes, diverse cultures, and millennia-old history, has always attracted travelers from around the world. Over the centuries, numerous foreign travelers have visited this land, leaving behind invaluable records of their experiences, observations, and interactions. These accounts offer a unique perspective on India's socio-cultural, political, and economic landscape. In this blog post, we will explore some of the major foreign travelers in India and their contributions to our understanding of the subcontinent. Some of Foreign travellers are..
- Megasthenes :- Megasthenes was a Greek Historian. Visited INDIA in 304-299 BCE. Megasthenes came to India During the reign of Chandragupta Maurya.
- Hiuen Tsang :- Huen-tsang was a Chinese Buddhist Monk. Visited India in 630-645 AD. He came to India during the reign of Harshavardhana.
- Faxian :- Faxian was a Chinese Buddhist Monk. He visited India in 399-414 AD. During the reign of Chandragupta II ( Vikramaditya ).
- Ibn Battuta :- Ibn Battuta was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar. He visited India in 1333-1347 AD. During the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
- Peter Mundi :- Peter Mundi was an East India Company factor and the son of a Cornish pilchard merchant from Penryn. He visited India in 1630-1634 AD. During the reign of Shah Jahan.
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