A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s6.8

c17.s6.8

So far Nuniz. We learn something more from other writers. Barros states that about the year 1523 Sâluva Timma, the king’s minister, invaded the mainlands near Goa, which had been recently acquired by the Portuguese under Ruy de Mello; that he advanced towards Ponda with a small force, but that he was attacked and driven back.¹ Shortly after this, viz., in April 1524, the Muhammadans of Bîjapûr attacked these same mainlands with success, during the viceroyalty of Dom Duarte de Menezes. On October 31 of that year the Chamber of Goa wrote a report to the king of Portugal in which occurs the following passage :—