Q. Which of the following foreign travelers give valuable accounts on the socio-economic conditions of the Vijayanagar kingdom?
  1. Ibn Batuta
  2. Venetian Nicolo de Conti
  3. Abdur Razzak
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

Answer: 1, 2, & 3
Notes: Venetian Nicolo de Conti visited Vijayanagar around 1420 during Deva Raya II's reign and described its stone walls, irrigation channels, festivals, markets, palaces, and social practices including slavery. Abdur Razzak, Persian ambassador, visited in 1443 under Deva Raya II and detailed Hampi's beauty, walls, palaces, mint, and bazaars. Ibn Battuta visited India in 1334–1342, before Vijayanagar Empire's 1336 founding, and did not reach its capital.[GK]
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