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The State of India, also known as the Portuguese State of India or Portuguese India, was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded seven years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcont
Portuguese Goa in 1600
Portuguese territory of Bassein fortress in Gujarat
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Portuguese Empire in the East, with its capital in Goa, was then often styled in Europe as the "Rome of the East"; it included possessions (subjected tracts of land with a certain degree of autonomy) in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Africa.
Portuguese fortress of Bassein, centre of the northern province.
Bombay, also called Bom Bahia or Bom Baim in Indo-Portuguese creole, and Mumbai in the local language; is the financial and commercial capital of India and one of the most populous cities in the world
Ruins of St. John the Baptist Church in Andheri, built by the Portuguese Jesuits in 1579.
St. Michael's Church in Mahim, the oldest Portuguese Franciscan church in Bombay, was built in 1534.
Davies' sketch of Bombay harbour, 1626
The Madh Fort, built by the Portuguese, was one of the most important forts in Salsette.