List of Foreign Travellers visited India in Medieval Period

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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