Domingo Paes(sometimes speltPais) was a traveller fromPortuguese India,who visited theVijayanagara Empire,located on the southern portion of theDeccan Plateauin around 1520. He journeyed together with a group of traders from what was thenPortuguese Goa,which was the capital of other territories such asPortuguese Bombay.[1]His visit took place during the reign of the EmperorKrishnadevaraya,Paes recorded his impressions of Vijayanagara in his workChronica dos reis de Bisnaga(Indo-Portuguesefor "Chronicle of the kings of Vijayanagar" ). His detailed account is one of the few known descriptions of that empire and of its capital, Vijayanagara (Hampi), by achroniclerfrom abroad.[1]
Paes reported, "The kingdom has many places on thecoast of India,which are seaports with whom we are at peace, and some of them havefactories,in particular atAmcola(Ankola),Mirgeo(Mirjan),Honor,Batecalla,Mamgalor,BracalorandBacanor."Paes also records that advanced irrigation technology allowed the kingdom to produce high yields of crops at very reasonable prices.[citation needed]He also describes a busy market of precious stones, and that the city was prospering. Its size in the eyes of the narrator, was comparable toRome,with abundant vegetation,aqueductsand artificiallakes.[2]
References
edit- ^abCatherine B. Asher; Cynthia Talbot (16 March 2006).India Before Europe.Cambridge University Press. p. 57.ISBN978-0-521-80904-7.
- ^Hampi on line,visited on 15 June 2009.
- Robert Sewell (1900).A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India.Asian Educational Services. pp.235–290.ISBN978-81-206-0125-3..Repub. Adamant Media Corporation, 1982,ISBN0543925889.Includes a translation of theChronicaby Domingo Paes andFernão Nunesabout 1520 and 1535 respectively.
- Radhakamal Mukerjee, "A history of Indian civilization", Hind Kitabs, 1958 (refers to Paes)
- H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy, R. Ramakrishnan,A history of Karnataka, from the earliest times to the present day,S. Chand, 1977
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