Who was the Chinese traveller that visited Kerala during the medieval period?
AMa Huan
BIbn Battuta
CMarco Polo
DMegasthenes
Answer:
A. Ma Huan
Read Explanation:
Historical sources
Copper plates are the important source of history of medieval Kerala between the 9th and the 18th century CE.
Eg: Therisappalli and Jewish copper plates.
The script used was Vattezhuthu, an old script.
Eg: record of the rights sanctioned to Anchuvannam, a group of traders, by Bhaskararavi, a medieval ruler of Kerala based at Mahodayapuram is documented as a copper plate
Ma Huan, a Chinese traveller, who visited Kerala during the period gave a description of the 15th century Calicut port and trade.
