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Witnesses from afar who recorded temples, rites, and living faith.

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How the 20 travelers are distributed — by origin, faith documented, and era of visit.

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Travelers

17

Faiths Documented

c. 337–c. 422 CE

Earliest Visit

By Tradition

Islam4 Indology3 Buddhism3 Chinese Pilgrimage3 Christianity3 Portuguese Exploration2 European Scholarship2 European Exploration2

By Era

c. 602–664 CE

1

c. 337–c. 422 CE

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Abdur Razzaq

travelersPramāṇita📷 Iraqi Polymath Muntadher Saleh · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

Abdur Razzaq

IslamPramāṇita

travelersPramāṇita📷 Iraqi Polymath Muntadher Saleh · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

Al-Biruni

IslamPramāṇita

travelersPramāṇita📷 Hubertl · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Al-Masudi

IslamPramāṇita

Domingo Paes

travelersPramāṇita📷 Iraqi Polymath Muntadher Saleh · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

Domingo Paes

Portuguese ExplorationPramāṇita

Fa-Hien (Faxian)

travelersPramāṇita📷 Ms Sarah Welch · [CC0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)

Fa-Hien (Faxian)

BuddhismPramāṇita

travelersPramāṇita📷 Raphael Lorenzeto de Abreu · [CC BY 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)

Fernao Nuniz

Portuguese ExplorationPramāṇita

Francis Xavier

travelersPramāṇita📷 Public domain

Francis Xavier

ChristianityPramāṇita

Francois Bernier

travelersPramāṇita📷 Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

Francois Bernier

European ScholarshipPramāṇita

travelersPramāṇita📷 Jakob Bartsch · Public domain

Friar Jordanus

ChristianityPramāṇita

Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang)

travelersPramāṇita📷 This image was produced by me, David Castor (user:dcastor). The pictures I submit to the Wikipedia Project are released to the public domain. This gives you the right to use them in any way you like, without any kind of notification. This said, I would still appreciate to be mentioned as the originator whenever you think it complies well with your use of the picture. A message to me about how it has been used would also be welcome. You are obviously not required to respond to these wishes of mine, just in a friendly manner encouraged to. (All my photos are placed in Category:Images by David Castor or a subcategory thereof.) · Public domain

Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang)

BuddhismPramāṇita

Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) — Records of the Western World

travelersPramāṇita📷 Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) — Records of the Western World

SacredPramāṇita

I-Tsing (Yijing)

travelersPramāṇita📷 User:L joo · Public domain

I-Tsing (Yijing)

BuddhismPramāṇita

travelersPramāṇita📷 Léon Benett · Public domain

Ibn Battuta

IslamPramāṇita

travelersPramāṇita📷 Gaetano Bonatti · [CC0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)

Marco Polo

European ExplorationPramāṇita

Megasthenes

travelersPramāṇita📷 Iraqi Polymath Muntadher Saleh · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

Megasthenes

GreekPramāṇita

Nicolo Conti

travelersPramāṇita📷 Iraqi Polymath Muntadher Saleh · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

Nicolo Conti

European ExplorationPramāṇita

Odoric of Pordenone

travelersPramāṇita📷 Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

Odoric of Pordenone

ChristianityPramāṇita

Sir Thomas Roe

travelersPramāṇita📷 After Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt · Public domain

Sir Thomas Roe

British DiplomacyPramāṇita

Sir William Jones

travelersPramāṇita📷 Joshua Reynolds · Public domain

Sir William Jones

European ScholarshipPramāṇita

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