A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.217

c19.217

"The traffic was so large that it is impossible to imagine it; the place was immensely large; and it was inhabited by people rich, not with richness like ours, but with richness like that of the Crassi and the others of those old days. . . . And such merchandise! Diamonds, rubies, pearls . . . and besides all that, the horse trade. That alone produced a revenue in the city (Goa) of 120 to 150 thousand ducats, which now reaches only 6 thousand."