List of Important Foreign Travellers / Envoys to India

Name, Country	Remarks
Megasthenes, Greece - B.C.302-298	Visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya. Wrote book 'Indica.'
Fa-Hien, China - A.D. 405-411	He visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
Hiuen-Tsang, China - A.D. 630-645	During reign of Harshavardhana of Pushyabhuti Dynasty
I-tsing, China -  A.D. 671-695	Stayed in Buddhist university of Nālandā for 11 years
Al-Masudi, Arabia - A.D. 957	Book: 'Muruj-ul-Zahab'
Al-beruni (Abu Rehan Mahamud) Persia  A.D. 1024-1030	Book:  'Tahqiq-i-Hind' “Tarikh Al-Hind”( encyclopedic work on India)
Marco Polo, Italy - A.D. 1292-1294	During the reign of Pandyan ruler of Madurai, Maravarman Kulasekara. Book: 'The book of Sir Marco Polo.'
Ibn Batuta, Morocco - A.D. 1336-1342	During reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. Book: 'Rehla'
Shihabuddin al-Umari, Damascus - A.D.1348	Book:  'Masalik al absar fi-mamalik al-masar'
Nicolo Conti, Italy - A.D. 1420-1421	Gives light on the Kingdom of Vijayanagar
Abdur Razaaq, Persia - A.D. 1443-1444	Given an account of Vijayanagar empire. Stayed at the court of Zamorin at Calicut.
Athanasius Nikitin, Russia - A.D. 1470-1474	He lived in Bahmanid kingdom for three years
Ludovico di Varthema, Italy - A.D.1502-1508	He gives an account of the Zamorin's court, government, the administration of justice and military. Visited Vijayanagar
Domingo Paes, Portugal - A.D.1520-1522	Visited the court of Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagar Empire.
Fernao Nuniz, Portugal - A.D.1534-1537	Visited during during Achyutdeva Raya's
William Hawkins, England - A.D. 1608-1611	Ambassador to the court of Jahangir
Sir Thomas Roe, England - A.D. 1615-1619	Ambassador to the court of Jahangir
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, France - A.D.1638-1663	During reign of Shahjahan and Aurangzeb
Gemelli Careri, Italy-  A.D. 1695	about Mughal emperor's military organization and administration