[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) › c2.3 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c2.3 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c2.3) Both these papers are in the same handwriting, which fact—since they were written by separate Portuguese merchants or travellers at Vijayanagar in different years, one, I believe, shortly subsequent to 1520 A.D., the latter not later than about 1536 or 1537—conclusively proves them to be copies of the originals, and not the originals themselves.¹ I have inserted² a facsimile of two pages of the text, so that no doubt may remain on this point. The first portion consists of the conclusion of the text of Fernão Nuniz; the second of the covering letter written by the person who sent the originals to Europe; the third of the beginning of the text of Domingo Paes. - [Previous: c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c2.2) - [Next: c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c2.4) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c2.3) · Pramāṇa