Friday, May 4, 2018

మనదేశాన్ని సందర్శించిన కొందరు విదేశీయుల జాబితా..(గూగుల్ సెర్చ్)
LIST OF FOREIGN TRAVELLERS WHO CAME TO INDIA
1. MEGASTHENES (GREEK) (302-298 BC) :
• Megasthenes was a famous Foreign Envoy and ambassador of Seleucus Nikator of Syria .
• He visited the Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrokottos) court.
• He wrote the great book Indica which explains the reign of Chandragupta Maurya.
• He explained Social and administrative status at the time of Mauryas.
• Megasthenes was the first foreign envoy who visited India. 
2. FA-HIEN (CHINA) (405-411 AD):
Fa-Hien is a Foreign Envoy who visited India at the time of Chandragupta II, known as Vikramaditya.
• He was a Chinese pilgrim. Fa-Hien was the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India.
• Fa-Hien came to India to collect Buddhist texts and relics.
• Fa-Hien visited Lumbini, the Buddha’s birth place.
• He compiled his experiences in a travelogue “Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms”
• 3. HIUEN-TSANG (CHINA) (630-645 AD):
• Hiuen-Tsang is a Foreign Envoy who visited India during the time of Harshavardhana.
• He Reached India through Tashkent and Swat Valley
• He wrote his experiences in his book Si-yu-ki or the ‘Records of Western World . 
4. I-TSING (671-695 AD): 
• I-tsing was A Chinese traveler, I-tsing visited India in connection with Buddhism.
5. AL-MASUDI (957 AD):
Al-Masudi was An Arab traveler, he explained about India in his book Muruj-ul-Zehab.
6. AL-BERUNI (PARSIA) (1024-1030 AD): 
• Al-beruni is a Foreign Envoy who visited India along with Ghazni at the time of his Indian raids.
• Al-beruni is the first muslim scholar who studied Inida.
• He travelled all over India .
• He popularly known as Founder of Indology.
• His famous book was ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’ which explains about India. 
7. MARCO POLO (1292-1294 AD): 
• Marco Polo was a Foreign Envoy and Venetian traveler
In 1294 A.D. he visited South India.
• Marco Polo visited Rudramadevi’s Kakatiya dynasty.
• He is very popular to travel through number of eastern countries.
• He wrote his experiences in his book ‘The Book of Sir Marco Polo’.
• This book explains the economic history of India. 
8. IBN BATUTA (1333-1347 AD):
Ibn Batuta was A Morrish traveler, he wrote the book ‘Rehla’ (The Travelogue).
In his book he explained the dynasty of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and also the economical, social and geographical status of his time.
9. SHIHABUDDIN AL-UMARI (1348 AD): 
• Shihabuddin al-Umari was A traveller from the country Damascus.
• His book is Masalik albsar fi-mamalik al-amsar. He explained Indian History in it.
10. NICOLO CONTI (1420-1421 AD):
Nicolo Conti was A Venetian tourist.
• He visited India at the time of Devaraya I of Vijayanagar empire (Sangam dynasty).
11. ABDUR RAZZAQ (1443-1444 AD): 
• Abdur Razzaq was aforeing envoyer
• He was the Ambassador of Shahrukh of Timurid Dynasty
• A Persian tourist. In India he stayed at the court of the Zamorin at Calicut.
• He give a clear account of the Vijaynagar empire and his kingdom.
• Ambassador of Shahrukh of Timurid Dynasty
• Came during the rule of Devaraya II of Sangam dynasty of Vijayanagar empire.
12. ATHANASIUS NIKITIN (1470-1474 AD): 
• Athanasius Nikitin was a merchant from Russian.
• He explained the living conditions of the Bahmani kingdom which is under Muhammad III (1463-82).

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