{"pages":{"10":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00034-9ffb7dc6bb98f3a990b5.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"10","box":{"x":134,"y":150,"width":39,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":354,"y":151,"width":467,"height":21}},{"text":"14. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE ON EASTERN GEOGRAPHY AND","box":{"x":134,"y":214,"width":900,"height":22}},{"text":"BARTHOLOMEW'S MISSION IN INDIA (c. 638 A.D.)","box":{"x":206,"y":244,"width":770,"height":28}},{"text":"Isidore's writings reveal the extent of European knowledge about","box":{"x":224,"y":297,"width":764,"height":24}},{"text":"India in the seventh century A.D. and the tradition that the Apostle","box":{"x":186,"y":322,"width":803,"height":25}},{"text":"Bartholomew came to India. He also is familiar with the tradition","box":{"x":181,"y":347,"width":808,"height":22}},{"text":"of St. Thomas' martyrdom in India. Extract from Etymol. Liber.","box":{"x":185,"y":371,"width":803,"height":25}},{"text":"14.3.5-6. Patrologia Latina, 82.497. Translation cited in A. С.","box":{"x":181,"y":395,"width":806,"height":27}},{"text":"Perumalil, The Apostles in India, p. 37.","box":{"x":183,"y":423,"width":449,"height":25}},{"text":"India derives its name from the river Indus, by which it is","box":{"x":182,"y":463,"width":857,"height":31}},{"text":"enclosed on the West. It stretches out from the southern area to","box":{"x":134,"y":491,"width":898,"height":27}},{"text":"the rising of the sun, and it extends on the North as far as the","box":{"x":136,"y":519,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"Caucasus mountain. It has many nations, towns and also the","box":{"x":133,"y":547,"width":900,"height":31}},{"text":"island of Taprobane which is filled with elephants. It has (the","box":{"x":133,"y":575,"width":903,"height":29}},{"text":"islands of) Chryse and Argyra which are rich in gold and silver,","box":{"x":134,"y":604,"width":900,"height":31}},{"text":"and also (the island of) Tyle which is never wanting in foliage. It","box":{"x":133,"y":630,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"has both rivers Ganges and Indus and Hyphasis which make the","box":{"x":133,"y":659,"width":898,"height":29}},{"text":"Indian famous.","box":{"x":134,"y":689,"width":204,"height":22}},{"text":"Etymol. Liber., 14.3.15. Patrologia Latina, 82.498. Cited in A. C.","box":{"x":206,"y":728,"width":830,"height":27}},{"text":"Perumalil, The Apostles in India, p. 44.","box":{"x":183,"y":752,"width":463,"height":27}},{"text":"This Thomas preached the Gospel of Christ to the Parthians,","box":{"x":176,"y":792,"width":854,"height":29}},{"text":"the Medes, the Persians, the Hyrcanians and the Bactrians, and","box":{"x":133,"y":820,"width":897,"height":29}},{"text":"to the Indians of the Oriental region and penetrating the innermost","box":{"x":127,"y":850,"width":904,"height":29}},{"text":"regions and sealing his preaching by his passion he died transfixed","box":{"x":134,"y":875,"width":894,"height":32}},{"text":"with a lance at Calamina, a city of India, and there was buried with","box":{"x":129,"y":903,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"honour.","box":{"x":127,"y":932,"width":113,"height":22}},{"text":"De Ortu et Obitu Patrum, 74.132. Patrologia Latina, 83.152. Cited in","box":{"x":209,"y":970,"width":826,"height":24}},{"text":"A. C. Perumalil, The Apostles in India, p. 65.","box":{"x":181,"y":995,"width":533,"height":25}},{"text":"Bartholomew the Apostle. translated the Gospel of Matthew","box":{"x":174,"y":1036,"width":858,"height":29}},{"text":"among the Indians into their own language. Finally he was flayed","box":{"x":130,"y":1062,"width":898,"height":32}},{"text":"alive by cruel and barbarous people in Albano, a city of Major","box":{"x":130,"y":1091,"width":898,"height":32}},{"text":"Armenia; and so he is buried there.","box":{"x":125,"y":1117,"width":498,"height":28}},{"text":"15. THE COPPER PLATES (849 A.D.)","box":{"x":304,"y":1196,"width":556,"height":28}},{"text":"Grants made by Ayyanadikal, King of Venad, to the new church","box":{"x":218,"y":1238,"width":763,"height":25}},{"text":"at Quilon (built by Marwan Sabriso) in 849 A.D. were inscribed on","box":{"x":185,"y":1263,"width":796,"height":24}},{"text":"two sets of copper plates, known as the Tarisapalli copper plates.","box":{"x":183,"y":1288,"width":799,"height":27}},{"text":"These are mostly written in Tamil-Malayalam, but two plates are","box":{"x":181,"y":1313,"width":801,"height":27}},{"text":"in Pahlavi and Arabić. Of the two sets, the first consists of three","box":{"x":183,"y":1339,"width":799,"height":25}},{"text":"plates. One of these is in the custody of the Orthodox Church, another","box":{"x":179,"y":1365,"width":802,"height":25}},{"text":"is in the custody of the Mar Thoma Church, and the third is lost. A","box":{"x":183,"y":1390,"width":802,"height":22}},{"text":"translation is found in Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, Studies in Kerala","box":{"x":181,"y":1416,"width":803,"height":24}},{"text":"History, pp. 371-373. Both sets, constituting the earliest details con-","box":{"x":176,"y":1441,"width":806,"height":25}},{"text":"cerning the Christian community in India from India itself, provide","box":{"x":179,"y":1466,"width":805,"height":27}},{"text":"valuable information concerning the high social position enjoyed","box":{"x":182,"y":1488,"width":802,"height":29}},{"text":"by Christians in that part of India at that time.","box":{"x":183,"y":1515,"width":584,"height":25}}]}}}