The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c28.111

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12. What was the real character of the Jesuit mission at the court of Venkata? Their stay first at Chandragiri and then at Vellore was not prompted by a desire for temporal advantages. Though they sometimes inclined Venkata in favour of the Portuguese, this was not the main purpose of their mission. Dom Jeronymo d' Azevedo, in the above quoted letter, spoke of them only from this political point of view. But Fr. Pimenta had ordered the establishment of this mission "in order to preach here the doctrine of Jesus Christ", as Ricio says in one of his letters ⁴; du Jarric says likewise that Pimenta's purpose was “to make known the Christian faith in the kingdom of Bisnagar (Vijayanagara)” 1.