Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c46.10

c46.10

§ 7. Another community which, as regards the majority of its members, is the result of apostolic zeal rather than of immigration, is that of the Christians in India, of whom more than 91 per cent are native to the country and another 3 per cent of mixed European and native origin. The remainder are practically sojourners only, and comprise the European military and civil establishments, the mercantile communities of the larger cities, and the considerable staff of the railway systems. The conversion of certain localities, chiefly on the Malabar coast, is alleged to date from the first century of the Christian era; but until the arrival of the Portu-