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The Portuguese Empire's Asian Capital: How Goa Ruled the East
Long before Bombay or Calcutta, the heart of European power in Asia was a tiny island on India's west coast: Goa. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a Portuguese viceroy turned a conquered port into the dazzling capital of the Estado da Índia. We follow Afonso de Albuquerque's brutal 1510 conquest, the rise of the Senate Chamber and the Holy Inquisition, and the forced conversion that reshaped Goan society. We meet the Casados—Portuguese men who married local women and became the backbone of empire—and walk through the city's grand churches, its busy shipyards, and the…
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