History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET July 2016 History
Which one of the following European travellers commented, 'In India there were no academies (except Madrasas for religious study) where systematic study of the western sciences could be taken up; thus interest in western science and philosophy was individual and died with the individual'?
AFather Monserrate
BBernier ✓ Correct
CTavernier
DManucci
Correct answer: (B) Bernier — Bernier made this comment, so the answer is Bernier.
Explanation
★Bernier made this comment, so the answer is Bernier.
★Bernier was a French physician.
★He stayed in India for about twelve years.
★He came during the reign of Aurangzeb.
★He observed that there were no academies for the systematic study of western sciences.
★So he said that such interest was individual and died with the individual.
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