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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN<br />

The kingdom barely lasted one century. It started to fragment under Gondophares' successor<br />

Abdagases. The northern <strong>Indian</strong> part of the kingdom was retaken by the Kushans around 75 AD. (9)<br />

Gondaphores from his coins.<br />

References<br />

(1). On the Veda. Aurobindo, Sri. (1964). Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram<br />

Aurobindo's writings were published in the monthly review, 'Arya' between 1914 and 1920.<br />

(2). J-Claude et Bernard Binett, History of the Hindu religion, Vedism and Hinduism:<br />

http://members.tripod.com/historel/orient/10inde.htm.<br />

See also Prof. Ingrid Shafer: http://www.usao.edu/~usao-ids3313/ids/html/vedism.html<br />

(3) ) Pundit Page: Wyatt Robertson<br />

http://www.karma2grace.org/Webcomponents/FAQ/index.asp?det=65<br />

“There are indeed no references to reincarnation in the Rig Veda. Or for that matter in the other Vedas<br />

(Sama, Yajur and Atharva).”<br />

(4). Dr. Deen B Chandora: In what language were the Vedas originally written?<br />

http://www.geocities.com/vedic_temple/hinducentum/q10.html<br />

(5). Internet Sacred Text Archive: http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/<br />

(6). Richard K. Hines: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ANCINDIA/VEDAS.HTM<br />

(7). Brian Turner: http://www.comparative-religion.com/hinduism/vedas/<br />

(8) Pat Zukeran, Buddhism, http://www.probe.org/docs/buddhism.html<br />

(9) Stevenson, Edward Luther , 1991 Claudius Ptolemy The Geography New York: Dover Publications.<br />

(10) Ptolemy and the Southeast Coast of India<br />

http://www.nfobase.com/html/ptolemy_and_the_southeast_coas.html<br />

“The great trading post here was Muziris, Ptolemy has it connected by the Psuedostomus River to the<br />

Chera capital of Karur. The Cheras controlled the interior of the southern part of the peninsula and the<br />

lower West Coast.”<br />

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