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Snippets from the travelogue of Domingo Paes (written around 1520 - 1522 A.D)

Friday, June 19, 2009

A forgotten empire (Vijayanagar) a contribution to the history of India By Robert Sewell, Fernão Nunes, Domingos Paes

A forgotten empire (Vijayanagar) a contribution to the history of India By Robert Sewell, Fernão Nunes, Domingos Paes: "

not see it all because it lies between several ranges of hills What I saw from thence seemed to me as large as Rome and very beautiful to the sight there are many groves of trees within it in the gardens of the houses and many conduits of water which flow into the midst of it and in places there are lakes tamques and the king has close to his palace a palm grove and other rich bearing fruit trees Below the Moorish quarter is a little river and on this side are many

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