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

Wednesday, June 10, 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: "

women belong to the temple These women are of loose character and live in the best streets that there are in the city it is the same in all their cities their streets have the best rows of houses They are very much esteemed and are classed amongst those honoured ones who are the mistresses of the captains any respectable man may go to their houses without any blame attaching thereto These women are allowed even to enter the presence of the wives of the king and they stay with them and eat betel with them a thing which no other person may do no matter what his rank may be This betel is a herb which has leaf like the leaf of the

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