A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.45
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.45
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¹ [Anjidiv (Aujee Dewa), which is still a Portuguese possession, lies five miles south-west of Kārwār, north Kanara District. Once garrisoned by troops of the Vijayanagar kingdom, and subsequently possessed by Arab traders, it was visited by Vasco da Gama in 1498, and seized by the Portuguese in 1505. Vide p. 401, infra. (I.G. Bom., 1909, ii. 581–2.) The name is probably derived from Mal. *āñjudīvu*, ‘five islands.’ (Yule, *Hobson-Jobson*, 1903, p. 28.) See also *B.G.*, xv, pt. ii. 249 ff.]