[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c7.s7.52 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s7.52 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s7.52 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s7.52) ⁵ The writer cannot forbear from entering a protest against a view of the Portuguese proceedings in India to which the name of the author who has adopted it and the character of his books may lend strength. Colonel Meadows Taylor in "The Student's Manual of Indian History" published in 1870 says: "The Portuguese were excellent sailors: but their never attempting military operations by land except in the defence of their own seaports either marks timidity or disinclination amidst opportunities which few others would have neglected during a period of more than a hundred years." The short sketch the writer has given of the objects of the Portuguese throughout Asia is sufficient to prove how unfair and superficial it is to ascribe - [Previous: c7.s7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s7.51) - [Next: c7.s7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s7.53) - [Up: c7.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s7.52) · Pramāṇa