The Intercultural Impact of the Portuguese on the Vijayanagara Territories on the Western Coastal Areas of Karnataka-A Study

Abstract

History cannot be the chronicle of kings and queens and their wars and campaigns, court intrigues and palace feuds only, but a study of the manners and customs of the people, their everyday life and activities and their social economic problems and solution. The Present Paper deals with the   , Portuguese Impact upon the Cultural life of the people in coastal Karnataka with special reference to Vijayanagara Era. The 15^th century in South Indian History plays a vital role for a historian to study about the above mentioned topic.