Was surfing and came across this recent story about a "lost city" in Malaysia. The comment below, which is linked to Goa and the Portuguese rule, is interesting. FN (Frederick Noronha) Saligao Goa.
The Star Online > News Thursday February 3, 2005 Lost city believed found in Johor BY TEOH TEIK HOONG and AUDREY EDWARDS PETALING JAYA: A 1,000-year-old lost city, possibly older than Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia, is believed to have been located in the dense jungles of Johor. ----- COMMENT FROM ANOTHER POSTER ON USENET NEWSGROUPS: Apparently the first Portugese expeditionary force which landed in Malacca several years before the invasion of 1511 were arrested and put into gaol by the Sultan upon the advice of Muslim court advisors from the Indian subcontinent who saw their business interests in Goa taken over by the Portugese. The did not want to see the same happening in Malacca. The Portugese attacked to the rescue of their compatriots and the rest was history. regards, michael ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org
