[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.2325 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2325 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2325 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2325) 7) \*Ibn Batuta and Kerala.\* Ibn Batuta who was born in the town of Ṭanjir in Morocco in Africa in A.D. 1304 had travelled all over the Eastern countries then known. He had started from his house on a Haj Pilgrimage at the age of 22. He returned home only after 29 years, having travelled all over the known countries. He has written a book in Arabic about his travels of 29 years. One third of this thick volume is devoted for descriptions of his travels in India alone. Its name is ‘Tuḥ Phattunannār’. He passed over the Hindu Kush in A.D. 1333 and entered India. In the midst of his travels throughout the length and breadth of India, he came to Kerala also. He says as follows about Kerala in his book:- - [Previous: c7.2324](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2324) - [Next: c7.2326](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2326) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2325) · Pramāṇa