Domingo Paes

Domingos Paes (16th century) was a Portuguese traveller who visited the Vijayanagara Empire around the year 1520. His account of the capital Vijayanagara (Hampi) is the most detailed of all historic descriptions of this ancient city.

He visited the city during the rule of King Krishna Deva Raya^[1] and recorded his impressions of Vijayanagara state in his Chronica.

References

↑ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

Robert Sewell, Fernão Nunes, Domingos Paes, "A forgotten empire: Vijayanagar; a contribution to the history of India" (includes a translation of the Chronica dos reis de Bisnaga pf Domingos Paes (ca 1520) and Fernão Nunes _ca 1535 , Adamant Media Corporation, 1982, ISB43925889
Radhakamal Mukerjee, "A history of Indian civilization", Hind Kitabs, 1958 (refer to Paes)
H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy, R. Ramakrishnan, A history of Karnataka, from the earliest times to the present day, S. Chand, 1977

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