Below is the list of Foreign Travellers who visited India in the Medieval Period during the reign of various rulers.
1. Marco Polo from Italy : 1288-1292 AD : Pandya Kingdom
2. Ibn-e-Batuta from Morocco : 1333-1342 AD during the reign of : Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
3. Niccolò de’ Conti from Italy : 1420-1422 AD
during the reign of : Dev Ray I (Vijay Nagar)
4. Tsang Hi from China : 1421-1431 AD during the reign of : Jalaluddin of Bengal
5. Abdur Razzak-Ambassador from Iran during the reign of : 1442-1443 AD : Dev Ray II (Vijay Nagar)
6. Athnasius Niketin from Russia during the reign of : 1470-1474 AD : Mohammad III Bahmani
7. Bartholomu Diaz-Italian boat man : 1503-1508 AD during the reign of : Deccan
8. Eduardo Barbosa-Portuguese : 1516-1518 AD during the reign of : Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)
9. Domingo’s Paes—Portuguese during the reign of : 1520-1522 A : Krishna Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)
10. Nuniz-Portuguese Merchant of Home
: 1535-1537 AD during the reign of : Achyut Dev Ray (Vijay Nagar)
11. Anthony Monserrate Portuguese Priest
: 1578-1582 AD during the reign of : Akbar
12. Ralph Fisch (First English traveller)
: 1585-1591 AD during the reign of : Akbar
13. Ceaser Fredriseh (Portuguese traveller)
: 16th Century during the reign of : Vijay Nagar
14. John Linscoten (Dutch) during the reign of : 16th Century : Vijay Nagar
15. Lama Taranath (Tibetian Bauddha)
: 16th Century during the reign of : Eastern India
16. Captain Hawkins (English traveller)
: 1608-1613 AD during the reign of : Jahangir
17. William Fisch (English traveller)
: 1608-1612 AD during the reign of : Jahangir
John Jurdan (Portuguese) during the reign of : 1608-1617 AD
: Jahangir
19. Nicholos Doughton (English Navy Officer) during the reign of : 1608-1615 AD: Jahangir
20. Nicholos Withurgton (English traveller)
: 1612-1616 AD during the reign of : Jahangir
21. Thomas Coryat (English traveller)
: 1612-1617 AD during the reign of :: Jahangir
22. Sir Thomas Roe (English Ambassador)
: 1615-1619 AD during the reign of : Jahangir
23. Pal Canning (English traveller)
: 1615-1625 during the reign of : Jahangir
24. Edward Terry (English Priest)
: 1616-1619 AD during the reign of: Jahangir
25. Francisco Paelsert (Dutch): 1620-1627 AD during the reign of: Jahangir
26. Pietra Della Velle (Italy) : 1622-1660 AD during the reign of: Jahangir
27. John Loyatt (Dutch) : 1626-1633 AD during the reign of: Shahjahan
28. John Fryer (English): 1627-1681 AD
during the reign of: Shahjahan
29. Peter Mundy (Italy): 1630-1634 AD
during the reign of: Shahjahan
30. Tavernier (French Jeweller): 1641-1687 AD during the reign of: Shahjahan & Aurangzeb
31. Manucci (Italy): 1656-1687 AD during the reign of: Aurangzeb
32. Bernier (French Doctor): 1658-1668 AD during the reign of : Aurangzeb
33. Jean Thevnot (France): 1666-1668 AD during the reign of: Aurangzeb
34. Gammilly Careri (Italy) during the reign of: 1695-1697 AD
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