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A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India
Contributor(s): Sewell, Robert (Author)

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 ISBN: 1477586962     ISBN-13: 9781477586969
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $14.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
- Literary Collections
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (1.11 lbs) 378 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Indian
 
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A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India by Robert Sewell Preface The two Portuguese chronicles, a translation of which into English is now for the first time offered to the public, are contained in a vellum-bound folio volume in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, amongst the manuscripts of which institution it bears the designation "PORT. NO. 65." The volume in question consists of copies of four original documents; the first two, written by Fernao Nuniz and Domingo Paes, being those translated below, the last two (at the end of the MS.) letters written from China about the year 1520 A.D. These will probably be published in translation by Mr. Donald Ferguson in the pages of the INDIAN ANTIQUARY. The first pair of original papers was sent with a covering letter by some one at Goa to some one in Europe. The names are not given, but there is every reason for believing that the recipient was the historian Barros in Lisbon. Both these papers are in the same handwriting, which fact - since they were written by separate Portuguese merchants or travellers at Vijayanagar in different years, one, I believe, shortly subsequent to 1520 A.D., the latter not later than about 1536 or 1537 - conclusively proves them to be copies of the originals, and not the originals themselves. 2] I have inserted a facsimile of two pages of the text, so that no doubt may remain on this point. The first portion consists of the conclusion of the text of Fernao Nuniz; the second of the covering letter written by the person who sent the originals to Europe; the third of the beginning of the text of Domingo Paes. Paes being the earlier in date (about 1520) I have given his account of personal experiences first, and afterwards the historical summary composed by Nuniz about the year 1536 or 1537.
 
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