The European traveler Peter Mundy, an English merchant and writer, came to India during the reign of Shah Jahan (1628–1658). He provided valuable first-hand accounts of the Mughal court and the devastating Deccan famine of 1630–1632. Hawkins and Roe visited Jahangir’s court and Monserrate visited Akbar’s. The correct answer is (A) Peter Mundy.
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Peter Mundy was the European traveler who visited India during the reign of Shah Jahan (1628–1658). An English factor (agent), Mundy traveled extensively across North India and left behind vivid, descriptive accounts of the Mughal empire. His writings are particularly crucial for historians as they contain the only detailed European eyewitness account of the severe Deccan famine of 1630–1632 and the lavishness of Shah Jahan’s court life.