Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 154: TOME I. PART III. CHAP. II.
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 154
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The Portuguese first reach China. They learn that the people had cannon, and the art of printing, long before it was known in Europe. A Portuguese fleet of twenty-four sail, manned by eighteen hundred Europeans, and as many native Canaras and Malabars, proceeds to the Red Sea. Krishn Ray, Raja of Beejanuggur, invades the territory of the King of Beejapoor, in order to attack Rachore. His army is described to consist of seven hundred and thirty-three thousand infantry, twelve thousand water-carriers, and five hundred and eighty elephants. Forty of the European Portuguese in the service of the King of Beejapoor are killed in one action; in which the Hindoos capture four thousand horses, one hundred elephants, and four hundred pieces of cannon.