Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c11.s2.t3.16

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⁴ Manucci gives the following account of the extent of the Empire under Rāma Rāja: "His empire was so extensive that it reached to the river Narmadā, which divides the lands of Hindūstān from those of the Dakhin, as I have already said. This was the northern frontier; that on the north-east was Jagarnate (Jagannāth) on the coast of Gergelim (Ginjili) ('Ginjili coast = it lies between Orissa and Masulipatam'.) "In addition, he was the lord of all the coast of Choromandal and the Pescaria coast (Fisher coast) as far as Cape Comeris (Comorin), including the said cape, of all the coast of Travamcor (Travancore) and Canara as far as Surat". From the following account of the Deccan principalities among "his (Rāma Rāja's) servant and slaves", it is evident that Manucci's remarks are to be taken into account with great caution. Storio do Mogor, III, pp. 97-8, 98 n. (2). (Irvine, 1907.)