Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c46.15

c46.15

British Indian army. They have the same tradition as those of Cochin as to their exile from their country under persecution, but seem to have a laxer grip of their past than the latter, and no inclination for alliances with those of their race beyond the seas. In numbers they greatly surpass their fellow exiles. The largest community of Jews in India is the comparatively recent commercial settlement in Bombay and to a less extent in Calcutta, of traders from Baghdād, who, whilst permanently settled in their place of business, keep in close touch with their old home.