[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) › 21.4 # The chronicles of Paes and Nuniz (Vijayanagara) 21.4 The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernão Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire) 21.4 - **Language:** English ### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.21.4) I will tell you of one who was called Crisnaranarque whom he seized one night, and who, before he surrendered himself, killed all his wives, in number two hundred, and then killed himself with poison in presence of the King. This was because the King wanted to kill his son in his presence. By sale of the captain's arms, namely daggers, swords, spears, battle-axes and other things, which were all ornamented with gold and silver, the King realised more than 3000 PARDAOS. In this way the kingdom has been deprived of its principal men and of those who sustain it, wherefore the Ydalcao holds it in so little esteem that he puts upon it every day a thousand affronts and requisitions. Of this King there is nothing more so far to recount, save that he is a man that they hold to be of little force of character, and very negligent of the things which most concern the welfare of his kingdom and State. - [Previous: 21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.21.3) - [Next: 22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.22.1) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.21.4) · Pramāṇa