A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s1.16

c17.s1.16

"so that many of the *Tanadâris*³ near Goa on the mainland were left undefended. And since the king of Narsinga was very rich, and had no need of these lands, and wanted that all the horses that came to Goa should come to him and none to the *Hidalcão*, he sent to say to Ruy de Mello, captain of Goa, that he had taken Belgaum by force of arms from the *Hidalcão*, with all the land appertaining to it as far as the sea, in which were *Tanadaris* yielding more than 500,000 gold pardaos, of which he desired to make a present to the king of Portugal . . . and that he wanted all the horses that came to Goa. He therefore said that the captain of Goa could enter and take possession of the *Tanadaris*.”