Sarasvati's children : a history of the Mangalorean Christians / Alan Machado (Prabhu).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machado, Alan, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karnataka (India)--Church history.

Karnataka (India).

Physical Description:

xvi, 264 pages : maps ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bangalore : I.J.A. Publications, 1999.

Summary:

On history of Christians of Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Aryan Inheritance

1 She, Sarasvati 3

2 An Aryan, of Aryan descent 10

3 Then the sea brought forth 18

4 Sarasvati Balabani 25

5 Brahmins deeply read in the Vedas 29

Lusitanian Legacy

1 The Lords of the Seas 41

2 The Cool Fertile Land 55

3 The Estado da India 65

4 The Great Fishing Ground 77

5 If Angels were capable of feeling envy 110

6 Horrendum ac tremendum spectaculem 117

7 There comes a time 125

Mangalore

1 Mangalore 141

2 The Planting of the Cross 154

3 The Crescent over the Palms 168

4 And Darkness Descending 180

5 WHY? 190

6 An Ornament to the Lady Earth 211

7 The Gathering Storm 219

8 Home Again 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index.

ISBN:

818677825X

OCLC:

47965430