A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c15.22

c15.22

After this period, the history of Kerala remains as fragmental and obscure as ever, and becomes mixed up with the rivalries of the Portuguese and the Indian powers and those among the European powers themselves later. It does not lie within the scope of this book to study these developments which link up mediaeval with modern times in India, and in the following chapter the history of Kerala particularly the wars between Calicut and Cochin and the activities of the European Companies together with their consequences will be left on one side.