History · Foreign Travellers to India
Which traveller's experience is described in the passage below? - The traveller arrived in India in 1469, long before Vasco da Gama, and documented his observations in the book 'Voyage Beyond Three Seas'. - He visited key trade centers in Gujarat and the Deccan, describing the vibrant marketplaces and the political conflicts between the Bahmani Sultanate and the Vijayanagara Empire. - His journey from Russia took him across the Caspian Sea, Black Sea, and the Arabian Sea, with his return trip extending through Ethiopia and Muscat before returning to his homeland. - He mentioned Mahmud Gawan as 'Tuzzar' and the Vijayanagara empire as 'Bichenegher'.
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