Q. Which of the following foreign travllers visited the Vijaynagar Empire?

1. lbn Batuta
2. Nicolo de Conti
3. Abdur Razzaq
4. Athanasius Nikitin

Select the correct option from the codes given below:
Answer: 1, 2, 3 & 4
Notes: Ibn battuta (Morocco) left an account of Harihara I’s reign in his book Rehla. Nicolo de Conti (Italy) visited Vijayanagar Kingdom during the time of Dev Raya II. Abdur Razzaq (Persian) visited the Vijayanagar Kingdom at the time of Dev Raya II as an ambassador of Shah Rukh, the Timurid dynasty ruler of Persia. Athanasius Nikitin was the first documented Russian traveller who visited India. He described the conditions of Vijayanagar empire and Bahamani kingdom under Muhammad III in his Voyage to India.

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