Domingo Paes (sometimes speltPais) was a traveller fromPortuguese India, who visited theVijayanagara Empire, located on the southern portion of theDeccan Plateau in 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-Portuguese for "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 achronicler from 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,Bracalor andBacanor." 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,aqueducts and artificiallakes.[2]
{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help). Repub. Adamant Media Corporation, 1982,ISBN 0543925889. Includes a translation of theChronica by Domingo Paes andFernão Nunes about 1520 and 1535 respectively.Authority control databases: National |
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