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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
    "publisher": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
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      "chunk_data": "30. DUARTE BARBOSA ON THE TOMB OF ST. THOMAS (c. 1515 A.D.)\nDuarte Barbosa gives an account of his visit to the tomb of St. Thomas at Mylapore in c. 1515 A.D. Barbosa, 99. Cited in Mansel Longworth Dames, The Book of Duarte Barbosa, Vol. II, pp. 126-129, and A. C. Perumalil, The Apostles in India, pp. 72, 82.",
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