• MS JAYALAXMI M
• Dr. KAVITA CHARLES MAKHWAN

From Ancient to Modern Indian History, Indian subcontinent encountered by foreign travelers and some of them left valuable accounts of their travels. These foreign accounts gave us a valuable objective document that will help us to understand the social-political-economic condition of a particular era. These travelers account cannot be understood without knowing their perception of writing. Foreign travelers’ who visited India during reign of different rulers of Vijayanagar Empire they have left vivid description of the Vijayanagara Empire in the socio-economic condition, trade, commerce and infrastructure of the kingdom. Vijayanagar is ‘the best provided city in the world’, wrote one traveler. It is of ‘enormous magnitude and population’, wrote another. Description of Vijayanagar empire comes from a range of sources, such as inscriptions on stone and copper plates, archaeology, literary works, temple land grants and trade records. A Persian chronicler in the employ of Deccan sultans, Muhammad Kasim Firishta, has left many details though he wrote a generation after the sacking of Vijayanagar, and his accounts often seem dubious and lurid, especially of war. At times, he seems partial to the perspective of his patrons and exaggerates their side’s military exploits. Finally, a good chunk of what we know about Vijayanagar comes from the eyewitness accounts of foreign travelers.

Vijayanagara Empire, Foreign travelers, Abdur Razzak, Durate Barbosa, Nicolo Conti, Fernao Nunes,

"Description of Vijayanagara Empire as described by foreign travellers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no.f275-f283, January-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301537.pdf

"Description of Vijayanagara Empire as described by foreign travellers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no. ppf275-f283, January-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301537.pdf