The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.141
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.141
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9. As to the other, it seems that the Fishery Coast was invaded by the Badagas ⁴ even before the retreat of their army from Travancore. St. Francis Xavier informs us in a letter dated September 7th, 1544, that when he was at Trichendur, Tinnevelly, in the beginning of June, of that year, he heard "of a rising in the country because the Portuguese had captured a brother-in-law of Betermeal (Vitthala), and they (viz. the insurgents) wanted likewise to capture the Christians of the Cape of Comorim" ¹, that is the Portuguese and the Paravas who were under them.