The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s7.70

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From the descriptions given of Chaul at the time of the two sieges⁷ it appears that the main part of the fortifications were built between 1570 and 1592, and an inscription states that those along the beach were made in 1577.⁸ It was later than this the extensive fortifications at Bassein were begun, though there had been a fort there since 1536.⁹ In 1597 the new works having got on very slowly, Ayres de Silva de Mello was sent to superintend them.¹⁰