A History of Agriculture in India v2.c65.s12.4

v2.c65.s12.4

Domingo Paes, a Portuguese merchant, who visited Vijayanagar in A.D. 1520, gives the following description of Krishnadevaraya. ‘This king is of medium height, and of fair complexion and good figure, rather fat than thin; he has on his face signs of small-pox. He is the most feared and perfect king that could possibly be, cheerful of disposition and very merry; he is one that seeks to honour foreigners, and receives them kindly, asking about all their affairs whatever their condition may be. He is a great ruler and a man of much justice, but subject to sudden fits of rage, and this is his title: ‘Crisnarao Macacão, king of kings, lord of the greater lords of India, lord of the three seas and of the land.’