2018 · Q81
Consider the following statement: “So much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.” Who among the following European travellers had made the above statement about the condition of peasantry in the Mughal Empire?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AFrancisco Pelsaert
- BFrancois Bernier
- CJean-Baptiste Tavernier
- DNiccolao Manucci
Explanation
Francisco Pelsaert, the Dutch East India Company's factor, wrote in his Remonstrantie on Jahangir's India that so much was wrung from the peasants that even dry bread was scarcely left to fill their stomachs. Bernier, Tavernier and Manucci recorded different observations of Mughal India. Hence the statement was made by Francisco Pelsaert.