Important Foreign Visitors To India In Ancient & Medieval Times

Memory Trick:   FIFTH MAN SWAM

F ----- Fahien (Chinese Buddhist monk)

I  ----- Ibn Batuta (Moroccon traveler)

F ----- Francois Bernier (French physician)

T ----- Thomas Roe (English diplomat)

H ----- Huien Tsang (Chinese traveler)

M ----- Megasthenes (Ambassador of Selucus of Greek)

A ----- Alberuni (Persian Scholar)

N ----- Nicolo Conti (Italian merchant)

S ----- St. Thomas (first Christian to visit India)

W ----- Willium Hawkins (led the first voyage of East India Company)

A ----- Abdul Razak (Persian Scholar and ambassador)

M ----- Marco Polo (European traveller)