Sundem was a feudal state that existed in the Indian state of

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

. The kings were called 'Sonda Raja' or 'Soundekar Raja'. They were feudatory vassals at various times to the

Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also called the Karnata Kingdom, was a Hinduism, Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana an ...

Maratha Empire The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Shi ...

and the

Bijapur Sultanate The Adil Shahi or Adilshahi, was a Shia,Salma Ahmed Farooqui, ''A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: From Twelfth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century'', (Dorling Kindersley Pvt Ltd., 2011), 174. and later Sunni Muslim,Muhammad Qasim Firishta's T ...

. Finally they became vassals of the

Portuguese Empire The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and the l ...

. They were called the 'Rei de Sundem' in Portuguese.

List of Rajas

*Sawai Basavalinga I Rajendra Udaiyar 1763 - 1843 *Sadashiva II Rajendra Udaiyar 1843 *Vira Rajendra Udaiyar 1843 - 1893 *Sawai Basavalinga II Rajendra Udaiyar ? *Sawai Vira Sadashiva Rajendra Udaiyar ? *Basavalinga II Rajendra Udaiyar ? - 1935

References

{{Reflist History of Goa Former countries in South Asia