Who among the following travellers was from Italy and visited Vijayana

Who among the following travellers was from Italy and visited Vijayanagar Kingdom in the fifteenth century?

[amp_mcq option1=”Nikitin” option2=”Fa-Hien” option3=”Bernier” option4=”Nicolo Conti” correct=”option4″]

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UPSC NDA-2 – 2018

The traveller from Italy who visited the Vijayanagar Kingdom in the fifteenth century was D) Nicolo Conti.

Nicolo Conti was an Italian merchant and explorer who travelled extensively in Asia during the early 15th century. He visited the Vijayanagar Empire (likely during the reign of Devaraya I) around 1420-1421 CE and left valuable accounts of the city and the empire.

– Afanasy Nikitin was a Russian merchant who travelled to India in the late 15th century (1468-1474), primarily visiting the Bahmani Kingdom.
– Fa-Hien was a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who visited India during the Gupta Empire (early 5th century CE).
– Francois Bernier was a French physician and traveler who visited India during the 17th century, serving in the court of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

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