what all did Domingo see in bazzar?
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Explanation:
The Bazaar
Paes gives a vivid description of the bazaar:
Going forward, you have a broad and beautiful street... In this street live many merchants, and there you will find all sorts of rubies, and diamonds, and emeralds, and pearls, and seed-pearls, and clothes, and every other sort of thing there is on earth and that you may wish to buy. Then you have there every evening a fair where they sell many common horses and nags, and also many citrons, and limes, and oranges, and grapes, and every other kind of garden stuff, and wood; you have all in this street.
More generally, he described the city as being “the best provided city in the world” with the markets “stacked with provisions such as rice, wheat, grains, Indian com and a certain amount of barely and beans, moong, pulses and horse-gram” all of which were cheaply and abundantly available. According to Fernao Nuniz, the Vijayanagara markets were “overflowing with abundance of fruits, grapes and oranges, lime, pomegranates, jackfruit and mangoes and all very cheap”. Meat too was sold in abundance in the marketplaces. Nuniz describes “mutton, pork, venison, partridges, hares, doves, quail and all kinds of birds, sparrows, rats and cats and lizards” as being sold in the market of Bisnaga (Vijayanagara).
Questions:
(i) Describe the bazaar and beautiful street and any other such street you have seen.
(ii) How can you grade a city as the best city? Explain with example.
(iii) Give a brief description of Vijayanagara markets as observed by Fernao Nuniz.
(i) Domingo Paes, a famous traveller of Portugal gives a vivid description of the bazaars of the Vijayanagara city. There was a broad and beautiful street. In that street lived many merchants. In the bazaar the visitors would find, all types of rubies, diamonds, emeralds, pearls, seed-pearls, cloths and every other type of articles there was on earth and that visitors might wish to buy.
The visitors could see in Vijayanagara’s bazaar every evening a fair. There sold many common horses, nags, citrons, limes, oranges, grapes, different types of gardens stuff and wood, etc.
(ii) According to me a city can be graded the best city where provisions such as rice, wheat, grains, Indian corn, are easily available. There should be an abundance of fruits and they all should be cheap as well. There should be a proper care of the cleanliness of the city. Some areas of city can set an example of a best cities.
(iii) Domingo Paes had given a vivid description of the city of Vijayanagara. He described the city as being the best provides city in the world.
(a) There are many markets, which were stacked with provisions such as rice, wheat, grains, com, barley, beans, moong, pulses and horse-grain. All essential things were available in abundant quantity in the city of Vijayanagara.
Prices of the things were Very low.
(b) According to Fernao Nuniz, the Vijayanagara markets were overflowing with abundance of grapes, oranges, limes, jackfruits, pomegranates and mangoes. All types of fruits and vegetables are very cheap.