South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c7.9

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Describing his teachings Dr. Pope refers to him “as a strange mixture of St. Paul and St. Francis of Assisi.” He is said to have visited and exercised some influences with the Nestorian Christians in Travancore who looked upon him as Manes. He settled in later life at Chidambaram where he vanquished in controversy the Buddhists of Ceylon who had come there to overthrow its sacred fame. According to another account he visited Ceylon where this religious controversy was held.