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Famous Foreign Visitors to Ancient and Medieval Indian Royal Courts
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Famous Foreign Visitors to Royal Indian Courts
| Court Visitor | Origin | Ruling Monarch / Court Visited |
|---|---|---|
| Megasthenes | Greece | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Deimachus | Greece | Bindusara |
| Faxian (Fa-Hien) | China | Chandragupta II |
| Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang) | China | Harshavardhana |
| Al-Biruni | Persia | Mahmud of Ghazni |
| Ibn Battuta | Morocco | Muhammad bin Tughluq |
| Marco Polo | Italy | Rudrama Devi (Kakatiya) / Pandya Kingdom |
| Niccolò de' Conti | Italy | Deva Raya I (Vijayanagara) |
| Abdur Razzaq | Persia | Deva Raya II (Vijayanagara) |
| Domingo Paes | Portugal | Krishnadevaraya (Vijayanagara) |
| Duarte Barbosa | Portugal | Krishnadevaraya (Vijayanagara) |
| Fernão Nunes | Portugal | Achyuta Deva Raya (Vijayanagara) |
| Ralph Fitch | England | Akbar |
| William Hawkins | England | Jahangir |
| Sir Thomas Roe | England | Jahangir |
| François Bernier | France | Shah Jahan / Aurangzeb |
| Jean-Baptiste Tavernier | France | Shah Jahan |
| Niccolao Manucci | Italy | Dara Shikoh / Aurangzeb |
| St. Thomas | Judea | Gondophares (Indo-Parthian) |
| Heliodorus | Greece | Bhagabhadra (Shunga) |