Question

Compare and contrast the perspectives from which Ibn Battuta and Bernier wrote their accounts of their travels in India. 

Answer 1

(a) Ibn Battuta's perspectives-

• Narrative style.
• Highlighted anything that was unfamiliar and different. 

(b) Bernier's Perspective - 

• He belonged to a different intellectual tradition. 
• He was concerned with comparing and contrasting things in India with Europe.
• He emphasized the superiority of Europe.
• He perceived differences hierarchically and shows India inferior to the western world.