Thursday, December 19, 2024

Pietro della Valle


Pietro della Valle was an Italian traveler to India who reached Surat in 1623 and extensively travelled through the coastal regions of India. 

He has given a detailed description of Sati, the traditional Hindu practice of self-immolation by a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. 



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