[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900) › c19.217 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.217 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.217 - **Language:** English ### [c19.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.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." - [Previous: c19.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.216) - [Next: c19.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.218) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.217) · Pramāṇa