Pandian Ramaiah

“In the years that followed, the Portuguese focused their attention on Malacca, already an important port in the region’s maritime trade network because of its strategic location.”
― Herald van der Linde, Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire

“coconuts, bags of spices and rice, linen, dried fish, ceramics, parrots and other types of exotic birds in cages.”
― Herald van der Linde, Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire

“The Portuguese already controlled Cochin and Goa in India and were looking for a base to establish a presence further east in Asia.”
― Herald van der Linde, Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire

“He was no expert but what he did know was that women had always played an important role in life at court in Majapahit ever since the days of Queen Tribhuwanatunggadewi and Queen Gayatri more than a century ago.”
― Herald van der Linde, Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire