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