The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c14.143

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The next day the Portuguese assaulted the city, and after they had forced their way into it, set it on fire and cut down its grove of palm-trees. The Queen fled to the mountain. Of the Hindus 500 were slain, and of the Portuguese troops about forty. The Viceroy then laid the foundations of the fort, giving it the name of Sao Sebastiao, because the first stone was laid on that Saint's day and in commemoration of the then reigning King of Portugal. By the middle of March the fortress, with a church and other buildings, was completed. The Viceroy gave the command of the fort to his brother-in-law, Antao Pereira; and having left there a garrison of 300 men, and ammunition for six months, returned to Goa. Later on, during the government of Dom Luiz de Atayde, Bukka Devi sued for peace; which she purchased at the cost of an additional tribute, and a payment of ready cash 1.