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A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India
by active 16th century Fernão Nunes, active 16th century Domingos Paes, Robert Sewell
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Translation of the "Chronica dos reis de Bisnaga" written by Domingos Paes and Fernão Nunes about 1520 and 1535, respectively, with a historical introduction by Robert Sewell.
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Language
en
Duration
~13 hours (776K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2002-07-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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active 16th century Fernão Nunes
A Portuguese traveler and horse trader, he left one of the most vivid eyewitness accounts of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 1530s. His writing helps bring a major South Indian court and city to life for modern readers.
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A Portuguese traveler from the early 1500s, he is remembered for a rare firsthand account of the Vijayanagara Empire at the height of its power. His observations help bring one of South India's great capitals vividly to life.
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1845–1925
An English civil servant in colonial India, he became one of the early writers to bring the history of the Vijayanagara Empire to a wider readership. His books blend archival work, chronology, and archaeology, and they still surface in discussions of South Indian history today.
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