UPSC GS: Early Medieval foreign travellers Al-Masudi, Al-Biruni, Sulaiman
๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โก๏ธ โญEarly Medieval India โจAl-Masudi โ Arab traveller who visited India in the 10th century, during the period of the Rashtrakutas and other regional kingdoms. Wrote Muruj al-Dhahab (The Meadows of Gold). โจAl-Biruni โ Persian scholar who came to India in the 11th century in connection with the campaigns of Mahmud of Ghazni. Wrote Kitab-ul-Hind (also known as Tahqiq-i-Hind). โจSulaiman al-Tajir โ Arab merchant and traveller whose 9th-century account describes Indian Ocean trade and the kingdoms of western and southern India, including the Rashtrakuta period.