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1. 1.

   Match the names of these famous travellers with the places they travelled to.

   Name of the Traveller	Places of Travel
   1. Ibn Battuta	a. India, and sacred Buddhist sites in Central, South and Southeast Asia
   2. Marco Polo	b. India and other sacred Buddhist sites in South Asia (during the reign of Harshavardhana)
   3. Hiuen Tsang	c. Indian subcontinent (in 1017)
   4. Megasthenes	d. China, Persia, India, Japan and other Asian countries in and around the Silk Road
   5. Fa Hien	e. Central, Southeast and South Asia, China, and the Iberian Peninsula
   6. Al Biruni	f. India (in 303 BCE, during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya

    

2. 2.

   Where was the narrator going and why?

3. 3.

   Where did the narrator meet the cobra?

4. 4.

   Who were the only threats to the elephants?

5. 5.

   On what grounds was the narrator passed for flying duties?

6. 6.

   Explain these lines with reference to the context.

   When one is quite alone on a lengthy and slightly hazardous journey like this, every sensation of pleasure and fear is enormously intensified.