The original novel adapted the story of William Addams, the first non-Portuguese European to establish ... who had become the true rulers of the country instead of the Emperor, was weakened.

When the Portuguese betrayed their agreement ... She was burnt at the stake for heresy, along with her baby son in 1706. Pedro IV, ruler of the Kimbungu, ordered her death with the encouragement ...

Many coastal rulers had converted to Islam; Christianity held little allure. In the long term, the Portuguese attempted to breach the Arab trade monopoly. They tried to force coastal rulers to ...

A majority of people in Goa were saved from being converted to Christianity due to 17th Century Maratha king Shivaji’s rule ...

Goa's Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant, credits Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for preventing the forced conversion of Goans to Christianity during Portuguese rule. Speaking at a function commemorating the ...

He looks at the different interest groups within the Portuguese imperium and seeks to further rehabilitate the reputation of Bhuvanekabahu, ruler of Kotte, seen in contemporary Sri Lankan tradition as ...