The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.125

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¹ Sousa, *Oriente Conquistado*, I, p. 129-30; Du Jarric, *Thesaurus*, I, p. 447-50; Juvencio, *Epitome Historiae Societatis Jesu*, I, p. 489; Maffei, *Historiarum Indicarum*, p. 538; Nieuhoff, *Voyages and Travels*, p. 225 and 246. Cf. Besse, *La Mission du Madure*, p. 370; D'Sa, *History of the Catholic Church in India*, II, p. 31. I have read in a recently published book the following: "The Paravas, the fisher-folk along the coast, were being rapidly converted to Christianity, and such conversions were interpreted as involving a change of allegiance of the inhabitants from their Indian rulers to the King of Portugal". No reference is there given to any historical source. How far it is from the truth, our narrative, based on contemporary sources shows. Nieuhoff, o. c., p. 225 says: "To shew their gratitude, they (the Paravas) received baptism immediately." He adds that 20,000 Paravas were then baptized. The right of the Portuguese