Important Foreign Visitors To India In Ancient & Medieval Times

Thursday, August 15, 2013

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)

1 comment

  1. check out this books

    " The India they saw" by Meenakshi Jain ( 4 volumes)

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