A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.138

c14.138

"On a sudden a man arrived who brought me the intelligence that the king of Bidjanagar, who holds a powerful empire and a mighty dominion under his sway, had sent him to the Sameri² as delegate, charged with a letter in which he desired that he would send on to him the ambassador of His Majesty, the happy Khakhan (i.e. the king of Persia). Although the Sameri is not subject to the laws of the king of Bidjanagar, he nevertheless pays him respect and stands extremely in fear of him, since, if what is said is true, this latter prince has in his dominions three hundred ports, each of which is equal to Calicut, and on terra firma his territories comprise a space of three months' journey."