12-14-2005, 10:24 AM
The most concerted campaign against the Portuguese was by the Vijayanagarans under Ramaraya and his generals. An essay in this site should give you an outline of those campaigns. The Portuguese attempt to loot the Tirumala temple was also countered and sparked another major conflict in this period. Vijayanagar had a major plan to liberate Goa under Ramaraya but they had to redirect their efforts in the last moment due to a Moslem attack from the North of the Krishna. Joao Decastro negotiated a peace treaty in this period that resulted in a relative quite for some time.