A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.t14.13

c21.s3.t14.13

If this man were the same as he who went with Mascarenhas to Tetuan, he had, in all probability, not been long in India when he went to Madrefabâ. This seems to show that the great tank of Krishna Deva Râya, seen in process of construction by the chronicler Paes (see p. 244), and mentioned in the text by Nunez, was not begun till at least the autumn of 1521. If so, Paes did not *write* his description of Vijayanagar till after that date (say 1522). (See above, p. 162.)