Goa

Goa was a Kadamba kingdom on the Konkan coast, ruled from Gopakapattana. In 1337 Suriya Deva was king, after Delhi’s armies had raided the region and sacked the capital.

Suriya Deva was assassinated in 1345. Goa passed to the Bahmani sultans in 1350 and Vijayanagara in 1370, before the Bahmanis returned in 1469. Bijapur took it in 1492; in 1510 Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city for Portugal on his second assault. Goa became the capital of Portuguese India and hosted an inquisition from 1560 to 1812.