Option c is the correct answer. William Finch was an English merchant in the service of East India Company and he travelled along with Captain Hawkins. He travelled during the reign of Jehangir. He stated that five thousand to twenty thousand men worked for forty years to build the palace of forty pillars at Allahabad in Akbar's time. Important Tips In 1612, Jehangir confirmed the privileges to Finch and Hawkins and EIC in that year established the first factory at Surat. William Finch is one among the traveler, cited by the Supreme Court of India in Ayodhya Verdict Case. Finch visited Ayodhya between 1608 and 1611 and did not find any building of importance of Islamic origin.