Historical Foreign Travellers and Envoys Quiz

Who was Megasthenes?

• A Greek Ambassador who wrote 'Indica'

• A Persian traveller in Calicut

• A Chinese pilgrim collecting Buddhist texts

• A Venetian traveller in South India

What book did Fa-Hien seek in India?

• Buddhist texts and relics

• Rihla

• The Book of Sir Marco Polo

• Tahqiq-i-Hind

During whose reign did Hiuen-Tsang visit India?

• Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

• Jahangir

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Harshavardhana

What is Al-Biruni best known for?

• His travels with Mahmud of Ghazni

• His book 'Tahqiq-i-Hind'

• His account of the Vijayanagar Empire

• His observations of Buddhist practices

Which traveller visited South India in 1294 AD?

• Ibn Battuta

• Marco Polo

• Nicolo Conti

• Abdur Razzaq

What does Ibn Battuta's 'Rihla' describe?

• Buddhist texts

• The court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir

• Economic history of India

• The reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Who provided a detailed account of the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar?

• Nicolo Conti

• Francois Bernier

• William Hawkins

• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

Which traveller stayed at the court of the Zamorin at Calicut?

• Peter Mundy

• Abdur Razzaq

• William Hawkins

• Sir Thomas Roe

Who visited the court of Krishnadeva Raya of the Vijayanagar Empire?

• Hiuen-Tsang

• Ibn Battuta

• Marco Polo

• Domingo Paes

Who was the English ambassador at the court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir?

• Francois Bernier

• Peter Mundy

• Domingo Paes

• William Hawkins