Consider the following statements:

1. Ibn Battutah visited India in the fourteenth century during reign of Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq.

2. Afghans introduced the manufacturing of paper in India.

3. The art of manufacturing paper was first discovered by Arabs.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• Ibn Battutah, a resident of Tangier in North Africa, visited India in the fourteenth century and lived at the court of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq for eight years. He travelled widely all over India and has left a very interesting account of the products of the country, including fruits, flowers, herbs, etc., the condition of the roads, and the life of the people.

• Ibn Battutah says that the soil was so fertile, that it could produce two crops every year, rice being sown three times a year. Sesame, indigo and cotton were also grown.

• Ibn Battutah calls Delhi the largest city in the eastern part of the Islamic world. He says that Daulatabad (Deogir) equalled Delhi in size—an index of the growth of trade between the north and the south.

• Some of the new crafts introduced by the Turks (Delhi Sultanate) included the manufacturer of paper. It is to be noted that Sher Shah Suri and Lodhi dynasty were Afghans.

• The art of manufacturing paper had been discovered by the Chinese in the second century. It was known in the Arab world in the eighth century and travelled to Europe only during the fourteenth century.