The medieval Indian writer who refers to the discovery of America is
- AMalik Muhammad Jayasi
- BAmir Khusrau
- CRaskhan
- DAbul FazlCorrect
Explanation
Abul Fazl was a prominent scholar and the grand vizier in the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. In his famous work, the Akbarnama, he makes a reference to the discovery of the New World, which is interpreted as America. He mentions a large landmass across the ocean that was unknown to earlier geographers but had recently been reached. This makes him the only writer among the given options to acknowledge the discovery of America during the medieval period.
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