Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth century) – NCERT Class XII History, Chapter 5

Explore how accounts by Al-Biruni, Ibn Battuta, François Bernier, and other travellers from 10th to 17th centuries open a window into medieval Indian society—its customs, cities, rural life, caste, commerce, women, and state—through their observations, comparisons, and writings.

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