The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c10.74
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c10.74
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7. We have no more information about the intercourse between the two nations until 1558, when a war suddenly broke out, on Rama Raya marching with an army against the Portuguese of St. Thome. A forged account of the discovery of the remains of the Apostle St. Thomas in the neighbourhood of the old Mailapura ³, was the cause of a Portuguese settlement in the eastern coast of Vijayanagara, in the year 1522 ⁴.