History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-II)
Who among the following foreign travellers wrote that the Vijayanagara Empire had an estimated 90,000 men fit to bear arms?
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DNicolo Conti ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Nicolo Conti — Nicolo Conti wrote it, so the answer is Nicolo Conti.
Explanation
★Nicolo Conti wrote it, so the answer is Nicolo Conti.
★The foreign traveller Nicolo Conti wrote that the Vijayanagara Empire had an estimated 90,000 men fit to bear arms.
★Nicolo de Conti was an Italian merchant, explorer and writer.
★He was born in Chioggia in Italy.
★He travelled to India and South-East Asia during the early fifteenth century.
★So the traveller who gave this estimate was Nicolo Conti.
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