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Envoy Meaning in Hindi: प्रतिनिधि
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List of Important Foreign Travellers or Envoys
Megasthenes (302-298 BC): An ambassador of Seleucus Nikator, who visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya. He wrote an interesting book 'Indica' in which he gave a vivid account of Chandragupta Maurya's reign.
Fa-Hien (405-411 AD): He visited India during the Period of Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. The objective of his visit was to see the holy places of Buddhism and to collect Buddhist books and relics. Fa-Hien was the first Chinese pilgrim who visited India.
Hiuen-Tsang(630-645AD): He came to India during the Period of Harshavardhana.
I-tsing (671-695 AD): A Chinese traveler, he visited India in connection with Buddhism. His Book Biographies of Eminent Monks provides us very useful information about the social, religious, and cultural life of the people in India.
Al-Masudi (957 AD): An Arab traveler, he has given an extensive account of Idnia in his work Muruj-ul-Zahab'.
Al-Beruni (1024-1030 AD): His real name was Abu Rehan Mahamud and him to India along with Mahmud of Ghazni during one of his Indian raids. He traveled all over India and wrote a book ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind'. The book deals with the social, religious, and political conditions in India.
Marco Polo (1292-1294 AD): A Venetian traveler, he visited South India in 1294 AD. (during the reign of Pandyan ruler of Madurai, Madverman Kulshekhara: 1772-1311). His work 'The Book of Sir Marco Polo' gives an invaluable account of the economic history of India.
Ibn Batuta (1333-1347 AD): A Morrish traveler, he visited India during the reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. His book ‘Rehla' gives lot of information including the Period of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and also on the geographical, economic, and social conditions in India.
Shihabuddin al-Umari (1348 AD): He came from Damascus. He gives a lot of information about India in his book, 'Masalik albsar fi-mamalik al-amsar'.
Nicolo Conti (1420-1421 AD): A Venetian traveler, he gives a comprehensive account of the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar.
Abdur Razzaq (1443-1444 AD): He was a Persian traveler, who came to India and stayed at the court of the Zamorin at Calicut. He has thrown light on the account of the Vijayanagar empire. He describes the wealth and luxurious life of the king and the nobles.
Athanasius Nikitin (1470-1474 AD): He was a Russian merchant, who visited South India in 1470. He gave a lot of information on the condition of the Bahmani kingdom under Muhammad III (1463-82).
Duarte Barbosa (1500-1516 AD): He was a Portuguese traveler. He has given information about the government and the people of the Vijayanagar empire.
Dominigo Paes (1520-1522 AD): He was a Portuguese traveler, who visited the court of Krishnadeva Raya of the Vijayanagar Empire.
Fernao Nuniz (1535-1537 AD): A Portuguese merchant, who visited the Vijayanagar empire. He wrote the history of the Vijayanagar empire from its starting times of the ending years of Achyutdeva Raya's reign.
John Hughen Von Linschotten (1583 AD): He was a Dutch traveler, who has given a valuable account of the social and economic life of South India.
William Hawkins (1608-1611 AD): He was an English ambassador of the British King James I to the court of Jahangir (1609).
Sir Thomas Roe (1615-1619 AD): He was an ambassador of James I, King of England, at the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor.
Franciso Palsaert (1620-1627 AD): He was a Dutch traveler, who stayed at Agra a gave a vivid account of the flourishing trade at Surat, Ahmedabad, Broach, Cambay, Lahore, Multan, etc.
Peter Mundy (1630-34 AD): He was an Italian traveler to the Mughal empire in the reign of Shahjahan. He has thrown light on the living standard of the common people in the Mughal Empire.
John Albert de Mandesto (1638 AD): He was a German traveler, who reached Surat in 1638.
Jeen Baptiste Tavernier (1638-1663 AD): He was a French traveler, who visited India six times. His travel to India covers the reign of Shahjahan and Aurangzeb.
Nicolao Manucci (1653-1708 AD): He was an Italian traveler, who got service at the court of Dara Shikoh
Francois Bernier (1656-1717 AD): He was a French physician and philosopher.
Jean de Thevenot (1666 AD): He was a French traveler, who has given a good account of cities like Ahmedabad, Cambay, Aurangabad, and Golconda.
John Fryer (1672-1681 AD): He was an English traveler, who has given a vivid account of Surat and Bombay.
Gemelli Careri (1695 AD): He was an Italian traveler who landed at Daman. His remarks on the Mughal emperor's military organization and administration are important.
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