A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c20.49

c20.49

Senhor Lopes tells me that he has found in the National Archives in the Torre do Tombo, amongst the “Livros das Monçoes,” a number of papers bearing on this subject. The most interesting are those contained in Volume xxxiv. (fol. 91–99). These were written by the Captain-General of Meliapor (St. Thomé), by Padre Pero Mexia of the Company of Jesus, and by the Bishop; and amongst the other documents are to be seen translations of two palm-leaf letters written by the king of Vijayanagar, then at Vellore. It appears from these that the king was devoid of energy, and that one Timma Râya had revolted against him.