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When the Portuguese Bigot Martim Afonso de Sousa Tried to Invade Tirumala: Unknown Chronicles from the Christian History of India

When the Portuguese Bigot Martim Afonso de Sousa Tried to Invade Tirumala: Unknown Chronicles from the Christian History of India

As the Governor of Portuguese territories of India, Martim Afonso de Sousa launched a military campaign to loot and destroy the sacred temple of Tirumala in 1543. This is the first part of a series narrating this episode of the Christian history of India.