[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Crónica dos reis de Bisnaga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz) › [The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernao Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell) › 1.5.1 # The chronicles of Paes and Nuniz (Vijayanagara) 1.5.1 The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernão Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire) 1.5.1 - **Language:** English ### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.5.1) The size of this city I do not write here, because it cannot all be seen from any one spot, but I climbed a hill whence I could see a great part of it; I could not see it all because it lies between several ranges of hills. What I saw from thence seemed to me as large as Rome, and very beautiful to the sight; there are many groves of trees within it, in the gardens of the houses, and many conduits of water which flow into the midst of it, and in places there are lakes (TAMQUES); and the king has close to his palace a palm-grove and other rich-bearing fruit-trees. Below the Moorish quarter is a little river, and on this side are many orchards and gardens with many fruit-trees, for the most part mangoes and areca-palms and jack-trees, and also many lime and orange trees, growing so closely one to another that it appears like a thick forest; and there are also white grapes. All the water which is in the city comes from the two tanks of which I have spoken, outside the first enclosing wall. The people in this city are countless in number, so much so that I do not wish to write it down for fear it should be thought fabulous; but I declare that no troops, horse or foot, could break their way through any street or lane, so great are the numbers of the people and elephants. - [Previous: 1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.4.8) - [Next: 1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.5.2) - [Up: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.5.1) · Pramāṇa