The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c16.142

v1.c16.142

For the King of Portugal, this news was naturally most disappointing; for precisely on February 27th, 1568, a few months after the departure of Tirumula from Vijayanagara, he wrote from Lisboa to Dom Luiz de Taide (d'Ataide) as follows: "If the merchandise that comes from Cananor, Cochin and other places, to be sold in Narsinga (Vijayanagara), passes through Goa, the revenue derived from the tariff duties on them will be a great service to me" ³. The Portuguese sovereign was never to see the finances of his *state of India* increased by the commerce with Vijayanagara; the Portuguese trade in that city had perished for ever.