Foreign Travelers who came to India in Medieval Period
| Period | Foreign Travellers | Under whose reign |
| 1288-1292 | Marco Polo from Italy | Rudramma Devi of the Kakatiyas. Pandya Kingdom |
| 1333-1342 | Ibn-e-Batuta from Morocco Rihla is a book written by Ibn Batuta. | Mohd. Tughlaq |
| 1420-1422 | Nicoloi Conti from Italy | Dev Ray I of Vijay Nagar |
| 1421-1431 | Tsang Hi from China | Jalaluddin of Bengal |
| 1442-1443 | Abdur Razzak-Ambassador from Iran He was also an ambassador of Persia. | Dev Ray II of Vijay Nagar |
| 1470-1474 | Athnasius Niketin from Russia | Mohammad III Bahmani |
| 1503-1508 | Bartholomw Diaz-Italian boat man | Deccan |
| 1516-1518 | Eduardo Barbosa-Portuguese | Krishna Dev Ray Vijay Nagar |
| 1520-1522 | Domingos Paes-Portuguese | Krishna Dev Ray Vijay Nagar |
| 1535-1537 | Nuniz-Portuguese Merchant of Horse | Achyut Dev Ray Vijay Nagar |
| 1578-1582 | Anthony Monserrate Portuguese Priest | Akbar |
| 1585-1591 | Ralph Fisch (First English traveller) | Akbar |
| 16th Century | Ceaser Fredriseh (Portuguese traveler) | Vijay Nagar |
| 16th Century | John Linscoten (Dutch) | Vijay Nagar |
| 16th Century | Lama Taranath (Tibetian Bauddha) | Eastern India |
| 1608-1613 | Captain Hawkins (English traveller) Captain William Hawkins led the first expedition of the English East India Company to India in 1609. He carried a personal letter from King James I of England. He did not succeed in getting Jahangir’s permission to start a factory. | Jahangir |
| 1608-1612 | William Fisch (English traveller) | Jahangir |
| 1608-1617 | John Jurdan (Portuguese) | Jahangir |
| 1608-1615 | Nicholos Doughton (English Navy Officer) | Jahangir |
| 1612-1616 | Nicholos Withurgton (English traveller) | Jahangir |
| 1612-1617 | Thomas Coryat (English traveller) | Jahangir |
| 1615-1619 | Sir Thomas Roe (English Ambassador) He came to seek protection for an English factory at Surat. His “Journal of the Mission to the Mughal Empire” is a treasured contribution to the history of India. | Jahangir |
| 1615-1625 | Pal Canning (English traveller) | Jahangir |
| 1616-1619 | Edward Terry (English Priest) | Jahangir |
| 1620-1627 | Fransisco Paelsert (Dutch) | Jahangir |
| 1622-1660 | Pietra Della Velle (Italy) | Jahangir |
| 1626-1633 | John Loyatt (Dutch) | Shahjahan |
| 1627-1681 | John Fryer (English) | Shahjahan |
| 1630-1634 | Peter Mundy (Italy) | Shahjahan |
| 1641-1687 | Tavernier (French Jeweller) | Shahjahan & Aurangzeb |
| 1656-1687 | Manucci (Italy) | Aurangzeb |
| 1658-1668 | Francois Bernier (Franch Doctor) He was physician to Prince Dara Shikoh and later was attached to the court of Aurangzeb ‘Travels in the Mughal Empire’ was written by Francois Bernier. | Aurangzeb |
| 1666-1668 | Jean Thevnot (French) | Aurangzeb |
| 1695-1697 | Gammilly Careri (Italy) | Bijapur |