Afanasy Nikitin traveled to India, specifically the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan, between 1468 and 1474 AD. This period falls within the 15th century.
The Russian merchant traveller Nikitin visited South India in
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 3 2021 · Topic: Vijayanagara Empire (Foreign Accounts: Nicolo de Conti, Abdur Razzaq, Domingos Paes, Fernão Nuniz)
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