European Accounts of India

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Which Portuguese writer wrote a detailed account of trade and society in south India?

  • Duarte Barbosa (correct)
  • Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
  • Roberto Nobili
  • Manucci

Who was closely associated with the Mughal court, as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, and later as an intellectual and scientist?

  • Duarte Barbosa
  • Manucci
  • Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
  • François Bernier (correct)

Who was the French jeweller fascinated with the trading conditions in India and compared India to Iran and the Ottoman empire?

  • François Bernier
  • Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (correct)
  • Duarte Barbosa
  • Roberto Nobili

Who translated Indian texts into European languages?

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Which Italian doctor never returned to Europe, and settled down in India?

<p>Manucci (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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