Foreign Travelers to India

 

Foreign Traveller

From

Year

Ruler

Abdur Razzak

Persia

1443 - 1444 AD

Deva Raya II of Vijayanagar

Alberuni

Persia

1024 - 1030 AD

Mahmud of Ghazni

Al-Masudi

Arab

957 AD

King of Kannauj

Captain William Hawkins

England

1608 - 1611 AD

Jahangir

Fa-Hien

China

405 - 411 AD

Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II)

Francois Bernier

France

1656 - 1668 AD

Shah Jahan

Huien Tsang

China

630 - 645 AD

Harsha Vardhana

Ibn Battuta

Morocco

1333 - 1347 AD

Mohammed Bin Tughlaq

Marco Polo

Europe

1292 - 1294 AD

Rudramma Devi of the Kakatiyas

Megasthenes

Greece

302 - 298 BC

Chandragupta Maurya

Nicolo Conti

Italy

1420 - 1421 AD

Deva Raya I of Vijayanagar

Thomas Roe

England

1615 - 1619 AD

Jahangir

Tsang Hi

China

1421-1431 AD

Jalaluddin of Bengal

Athnasius Niketin

Russia

1470-1474 AD

Mohammad III Bahmani

Eduardo Barbosa

Portuguese

1516-1518 AD

Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)

Domingo’s Paes

Portuguese

1520-1522 AD

Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)

Nuniz

Portuguese

1535-1537 AD

Achyut Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)

Anthony Monserrate

Portuguese

1578-1582 AD

Akbar

Ralph Fisch

England

1585-1591 AD

Akbar

Ceaser Fredriseh

Portuguese

16th Century

Vijay Nagar

William Fisch

England

1608-1612 AD

Jahangir

John Jurdan

Portuguese

1608-1617 AD

Jahangir

Nicholos Doughton

England

1608-1615 AD

Jahangir

Nicholos Withurgton

England

1612-1616 AD

Jahangir

Thomas Coryat

England

1612-1617 AD

Jahangir

Sir Thomas Roe

England

1615-1619 AD

Jahangir

Pal Canning

England

1615-1625 AD

Jahangir

Edward Terry

England

1616-1619 AD

Jahangir

Francisco Paelsert

Dutch

1620-1627 AD

Jahangir

Pietra Della Velle

Italy

1622-1660 AD

Jahangir

John Loyatt

Dutch

1626-1633 AD

Shah Jahan

John Fryer

England

1627-1681 AD

Shah Jahan

Peter Mundy

Italy

1630-1634 AD

Shah Jahan

Tavernier

France

1641-1687 AD

Shah Jahan

Manucci

Italy

1656-1687 AD

Aurangzeb

Bernier

France

1658-1668 AD

Aurangzeb

Jean Thevnot

France

1666-1668 AD

Aurangzeb