NDA 2022 General Knowledge question

General KnowledgeMedieval Indian HistoryNDA 2022

Who among the following has described the medieval Indian postal system as of two kinds—the horse-post called 'Uluq' and the foot-post called 'Dawa'?

Answer: (C)

Solution

Ibn Battuta, the Moroccan traveller who came to India in the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq, describes in his Rihla the two kinds of post: the horse-post (uluq), with royal horses

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Question ID VK-032265