 He also says the king of Vijayanagara does not possess "jurisdiction" over the kingdom of Kozhikode, but the Samoothiri was apparently "still in great awe of the Vijayanagar king".It is known that the Tang Chinese ships frequently visited the then major Kerala ports such as Kollam for spices (in the 9th-10th centuries).According historians, the "Nanpiraj" mentioned in the Ling daida can be identified with Kozhikode.