The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.3
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.3
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v4.c23.s3.3
First he advanced against lower Burma. It was the richest part of the country and also it contained Portuguese adventurers who were willing to be hired. Sometimes he had as many as seven hundred. To obtain their services was to win the day, for they had firearms, hitherto unknown in Burma, and no race in Indo-China could stand up to them.