[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) › c20.38 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c20.38 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c20.38 - **Language:** English ### [c20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.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." - [Previous: c20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c20.37) - [Next: c20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c20.39) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c20.38) · Pramāṇa