The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.100

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Up to 1565 the chief trade of the Portuguese was with the kingdom of Bijragar or Vijayanagar. They took horses, velvets, and satins there and brought lines and muslins, which were sent to Europe by way of Ormuz as well as round the Cape.⁶ John de Castro made a treaty with Bijnagar in 1547 for mutual defence against Bijápur, and in this there were many stipulations as to trade. Besides the articles given above coral and silk from China and Ormuz are mentioned in this treaty as being taken to Bijnagar, and saltpetre and iron as coming from there. The fall of Bijnagar therefore is mentioned as a calamity to the Portuguese, but it is not stated why no effort was made to save the kingdom.