A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.50
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.50
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c19.50
Asada Khân is entitled to a chapter to himself, but, to avoid prolixity, I will only give one extract from the “Asia” of Barros.³ Allusion has been made above to an attack on the mainlands of Goa by three Hindu chiefs, when Ponda was besieged. The inhabitants appealed to Nuno da Cunha, the governor-general, who hesitated to interfere for fear of bringing on a war with the Âdil Shâh. The principal danger was the lord of Belgaum, Asada Khân.