The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c27.43
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c27.43
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The new Viceroy Ayres de Saldanha landed in Goa in the same year 1600; and, according to a letter of Fr. Pimenta dated December 21st, 1602, shortly after his arrival wrote to the Emperor Venkata "announcing by this letter his landing in India, thanking him for the benevolence with which he treats the members of our Society" ¹. This news probably reached Venkata's court early in 1601; and it was then that Venkata sent to Goa his legation briefly mentioned by Anquetil du Perron ².