March 7, 2019
Foreign Travelers in Ancient India
foreign travelers in ancient india
Travelers | From | Time | Reign of Rulers | Contribution |
Megasthenes | Greece | 302-298 BC | Chandragupta Maurya | Wrote an interesting book Indica Ambassador of Seleucus Nicato |
Deimachus | Greece | 320-273 BC | Seleucid Empire Ambassador | |
Greece | 130 A.D | Wrote “Geography of India” | ||
Fa-Hien | China | 405-411 A.D | Chandragupta II | Visited the birth place of Buddha, Lumbini. His Travelogue “Records of Buddhist Kingdoms”. Wrote Fo–Kyo–Ki |
China | 630-645 A.D | Harshavardhana | Came through Tashkent and Swat Valley Book is “Si–Yu–Ki or the records of western world”. | |
I-tsing | China | 671- 695 A.D | Gives account of the 1st Gupta ruler |
foreign travelers in ancient india
