Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c8.s4.67

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In the sixteenth century it was under the Vijayanagara authority, but it had already won for itself fame by its association with the memories and achievements of the great Apostle, St. Thomas. When Barbosa speaks of it, much of its ancient wealth had disappeared. "Further along this coast", says this traveller while dealing with Coromandel, "which makes a bend to the north-west, and then turns to the north-east, having left the Cholmendel country, at a distance of twelve leagues there is a city almost uninhabited and very ancient, which is called Mylepur; in former times it was a considerable place of the Kingdom of Narsinga".²