List of Foreign Travelers Envoys

Came to India -PDF

June 28, 2021 by QueVED

Numbers of travelers came to India in the past history. Some

of them came here to spread religion. Some of them just
experience the culture of India and recorded in the book.
Also, these books help us to discover the history of India.

List of Foreign Travelers Envoys Came to India: Greetings,

Today, I’m sharing a PDF of a list of foreign visitors who have
visited India, in which the complete information of all foreign tourists
who have visited India is presented in detail. This historical chapter
frequently raises questions. For instance, when did Megasthenes
visit India? When did the Chinese traveler Fa-Hien visit India, and
what did they do so? Etc.
Travellers Country Time/Period Contribution

Deimachus Greek 300-263 BC » Came during the reign of Bindusara

» He was the ambassador of Seleucus-1 in Syria

» Megasthenes came to the royal court of Maurya
» Megasthenes wrote the book “Indica”
Megasthenes Greek 302-296 BC
» This book contains details about the social and
administrative conditions during the rule of the
Mauryas

» He was a Buddhist monk

» He was the first Chinese tourist to come to India
to collect relics of Buddhist scriptures
» He came to India during the reign of
Fa Hien China 405-411 AD Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)
» He also traveled to Lumbini, the birthplace of
the Buddha
» He described the travel story in his travelogue
“Records of Buddhist Kingdoms”

» He came to India during the reign of

Harshavardhana
Hiuen Tsang China 627-645 AD » He came through the Tashkent and SWAT
valleys
» His two books are See You Key and Records
Travellers Country Time/Period Contribution

of the Western World.

I-Siang China 671-695 AD » He came to India to spread Buddhism

» Came to his royal court during the reign of the

Suleiman Arab 9th century
First Feast

» Muruj-ul-Jehab mentions India in detail in his

book
Al-Masudi Arab 953 AD
» From his writings, the conflict between
Pratihara and Rashtrakutad is known

» He was coming with Mahmud of Ghazni

» He first studied in India as a Muslim scholar
Al Biruni Persia 1017 AD » He is known as the founder of Indology
» He traveled all over India and wrote a book
called “Tahfiq-e-Hind”

» As a Venetian tourist, he has visited the

Kakatiya province of Rudramadevi in South India
1292-1294 » In his book “The Book of Sir Marco Polo” he
Marco Polo Italy
AD gives an account of the economic history of India
» As a famous European tourist, he has traveled
to many countries in the East

1334-1348 » Muhammad bin Tughlaq appointed Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta Morocco
AD as a judge

» He came to India from Damascus

Shihabuddin
Arab 1348 AD » In the book “Masalik Albasar Fi-Mamalik Al-
Al-Umari
Amsar” he gives details about India

» Was at Vijayanagara Empire

» First came to India during the reign of Debray
Nicolo Conti Italy 1420-1421
» Gave details of the Hindu Empire at
Vijayanagar

» Abdur Razzak was the ambassador of the

Taimur dynasty
Abdur 1441-1444 » He came to India during the reign of King
Persia
Razzak AD Devaraya II of the Sangam dynasty of the
Vijayanagara Empire
» He lived in the Zamorin Palace in Calicut

Afanasy 1469-1472 » As a Russian merchant.

Russia
Nikitin AD » He described his travels in India in The Journey
Travellers Country Time/Period Contribution

Beyond Three Seas.

» He came to the Bahmani Sultani royal court

Duarte 1503-1517 » Wrote a valuable narrative about the inhabitants

Portuguese
Barbosa AD and government of the Vijayanagara Empire

Domingo 1520-1522 » He came to the court of King Krishnadev Roy

Portuguese
Paes AD of the Tuluv dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire

» He was a storyteller and horse trader

» He came to India during the reign of King
1536-1537 Achyut Raya of the Tuluv dynasty of the
Fernao Nuniz Portuguese
AD Vijayanagara Empire
» He has written history prior to the late reign of
Achyut Debray

Jan Huyghen » He traveled extensively along with the East

van Dutch 1596 AD Indies and was secretary to the Portuguese
Linschoten viceroy of Goa between 1583 and 158.

Antonio » During the reign of Emperor Akbar, he came to

Portuguese 1500
Cabral his court as an envoy

Leon » During the reign of Emperor Akbar, he came to

French 1563 AD
Gaumont his court as an envoy

Jerome
Spain 1595 AD » He came to the court of Emperor Akbar
Xavier

William 1608-1611 » King James was an English ambassador at the

Britain
Hawkins AD time He came to the court of Jahangir

Sir Thomas 1615-1819 » King James was an English ambassador at the

Britain
Rowe AD time He came to the court of Jahangir

Edward » He described the vegetarian diet of India as the

Britain 1616 AD
Terry first English writer in the pre-modern era

1623-1624 » He came during the time of Vekatappa Naik,

Pietro Della Italy
AD the king of Keladi in India

Peter Mundy Italy 1628 AD » He came to the court of Shah Jahan

» He came to the court of Emperor Shah Jahan

Gemelli
Italy 1895 AD » He describes the military and administration of
Careri
the Mughal Empire
Travellers Country Time/Period Contribution

François 1656 – 1668 » He was a French traveler

French
Bernier AD » He came to India during the reign of Shah Jahan

» He was the ambassador of the company during

Sir William the Mughal emperor
England 1701
Norris » He came to this country during the reign of
Aurangzeb

1862–1867 » He was an English tourist

John Frere England
AD » He gave details about Surat and Bombay