INDIAN HISTORY

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The foreign traveller who visited India during Vijayanagara period was
A
Yuan Chawng
B
Fa-Hien
C
Megasthenes
D
Nicolo Conti
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nicolo Conti, an Italian, was at Vijayanagara in about 1420, just after the accession of Devaraya I. The first known foreign traveller, he mentions the fortifications of the city and the thousands of men employed in the army of the rulers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nicolò Dei Conti commonly called Niccolò Conti was an Italian traveller and a merchant who visited India in 1420 AD at the Vijayanagara empire probably after the accession of Deva Raya II.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution Nicolo di Conti was an Italian traveller and he is considered as the earliest European visitor to the mighty Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. The ruins of the great city of Vijayanagar are found at Hampi in the state of Karnataka. Nicolo di Conti reached the city in 1420-21 in the reign of Devaraya I.

Detailed explanation-4: -Niccolò de’ Conti (c. 1395–1469) was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer. Born in Chioggia, he traveled to India and Southeast Asia, and possibly to Southern China, during the early 15th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nicolo de Conti was a Venetian merchant who traveled in the east from 1414 until 1438. He visited the Vijaynagar Kingdom during the time of Dev Raya II and left an account in the Travels of Nicolo Conti. Deva Raya I was the son of Harihara. he succeeded the throne of Vijayanagar empire in 1404.

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