A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c20.38

c20.38

⁴ Close to Madras, often called "Melliapor" by the Portuguese, its native name being Mailâpûr. Linschoten, writing at the end of the sixteenth century, a few years earlier than the date of the events described, says, "This towne . . . is now the chiefe cittie of Narsinga and of the coast of Choromandel."