>The Hindus believe that there is no country but theirs, no nation like theirs, no kings like theirs, no religion like theirs, no science like theirs. They are haughty, foolishly vain, self-conceited, and stolid. They are by nature niggardly in communicating that which they know, and they take the greatest possible care to withhold it … from any foreigner. (Al-Biruni)
>Many customs of the Hindus … differ from ours to such a degree as to appear to us simply monstrous. (Al-Biruni)
>Now you may take my word for it that all the men of this island have heads like dogs and teeth and eyes like dogs … They are very cruel people and eat men, as many as they can catch, provided they are not of their own race. (Marco Polo)
>Not a man or woman of them has any clothing whatever; but they go stark naked just as when they are born (Marco Polo)
>They sleep on the ground stark naked … they use their members to commit sin and lechery ... (Marco Polo)
>Here all the people go naked, except for a cloth which they wear just to cover themselves (Jordanus Catalani).
>The men and women have dogs’ faces … are brave warriors but eat their captives (Friar Odoric of Pordenone)