Foreign travellers' accounts are crucial primary sources for understanding the history, society, and economy of medieval kingdoms like Vijayanagara.
Who among the following traveller visited the court of Vijaynagar ruler Devray II as a Persian Ambassador ?
Asked in CGPSC Prelims Exam 2024 · Topic: Vijayanagara Empire (Foreign Accounts: Nicolo de Conti, Abdur Razzaq, Domingos Paes, Fernão Nuniz)
More Medieval History of India questions
- Which among the following statements about Vijayanagara are correct ? Colin Mackenzie was the first Surveyor General of India to visit Vijayanagara. John Marshall was the first to take detailed photographs of the site. James Burgess was the first to undertake conservation of Hampi. Select the answer using the code given below :
- Match the travellers (List I) with the Kings of Vijayanagara empire (List II) during whose period they had visited : List I (Travellers) List II (Kings)
- Who among the following travellers was from Italy and visited Vijayanagar Kingdom in the fifteenth century?
- Domingo Paes describes a king in these words: 'Of medium height, and of fair complexion and good figure, rather fat than thin; he has on his face signs of smallpox'. Identify the king from the options given below.
- Match the following: Foreign Travellers Country of Origin
- Abdur Razzak, the traveler to Vijaya- nagar, had referred to the presence of a number of flower merchants in Vijayanagar and noted a particular flower that seemed as necessary as food to the people of that part. Which variety of flower was being referred to by Abdur Razzak ?
- Of the following visitors, who compared medieval Vijayanagara with Rome ?
- The Russian merchant traveller Nikitin visited South India in