1 History & Culture · 1.3.13 Medieval travellers and culture

1.3.13.1 Travellers to medieval India: Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Abdur Razzaq, Conti, Paes and Nuniz

Foreign visitors from Italy, Morocco, Persia, Portugal and Russia left eyewitness accounts of the Sultanate, the Kakatiya coast, the Bahmani kingdom and Vijayanagara, and exams ask who came from where, when, and what they wrote.

  • APPSC Group 1
  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • Al-Biruni
  • Marco Polo
  • Ibn Battuta
  • Rihla
  • Abdur Razzaq
  • Matla-us-Sadain
  • Nicolo Conti
  • Domingo Paes
  • Fernao Nuniz
  • Nikitin
  • Motupalli
  • uluq
  • dawa

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. AP angleStandard
  5. Mains writingMains writing
  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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