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@article{189653,
        author = {Dr. K. Gopi Naik},
        title = {VIJAYANAGARA – PORTUGUESE RELATIONS: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {6748-6758},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=189653},
        abstract = {Portuguese arrived in India for the first time when Vasco-da-Gama found the sea-way to India and arrived in Calicut in May of 1498 AD. It was a momentous occasion for the history of the country. After Vasco-du-Gama successfully found the route to India, he sent regular fleets to India to capture the spice trade of India and to explore the possibility of setting up factories in the coastal cities.
They were fundamentally maritime, yet they clashed with the local Indian kings while carrying out their maritime agenda. Da Gama's invasion of the Indian Sea was motivated more by politics than navigation. The Portuguese king believed that the oceans belonged to him. The Calicut Samori, also known as the Zamorin, welcomed him as he landed. However, Vasco da Gama was compelled to depart Calicut because of a miscommunication between the Samori and the Zamorin.
After thereafter, the Zamorins' relationship with the Portuguese deteriorated. This resulted from the Malabar's Muslim merchants endorsing the Zamorin's authority. The Zamorin were urged to treat Vasco-de-Gama badly by the Muslim merchants. The Moors dominated the commerce along India's western coast in the fourteenth and fifteenth century. The Portuguese arrival, who were antagonistic towards the Moors, made the Moors feel threatened.
Vase da Gama anchored in the islands of Anjediva between September 24 and October 5, 1498, marking the first interaction between the Portuguese and the Vijayanagara subjects on the Western coast. Here, he met Vijayanagar's (on the Kanara coast) principal naval officer, Thimmaiah. He was besieged and had to flee after learning that Thimmaiah was a pirate.
The Portuguese first became aware of the Vijayanagar Empire during the Cabral expedition in 1499 AD. In his logbook, the Cabral's pilot noted facts about the Hindu kingdom. The majority of the material was on the empire's social and cultural facets. The Portuguese entrepreneurs' interest and enthusiasm to learn about and trade with this wealthy and enigmatic region were fuelled by the information's instructive value.},
        keywords = {Vasco-da-Gama, maritime, Zamorin, Moors, Kanara coast, Cabral, trade, Calicut.},
        month = {December},
        }