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  • TITLE
  • CERTIFICATE
  • DECLARATION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • CONTENTS
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • Nazranis: Etymological Considerations and Questions of Identity
  • The Altered Situation and Challenges
  • Niranam Grandhavari -The Source Material
  • The Kanianthra Manuscript
  • Other Copies of Niranam Grandhavari
  • Other Themes in the Kanianthra manuscript
  • II. ORIGIN OF THE NAZRANIS
  • The Saint Thomas Tradition
  • The Acta Thoma
  • The Christians of Saint Thomas
  • Maargam Kali Pattu
  • Pseudo Traditions
  • The Tomb of Saint Thomas
  • Marthomayude Maargavum Vazhipadum
  • The Maargam
  • The Muthappen Concept
  • The Migration Tradition
  • Persian Migration of AD 345
  • The Northists and Southists
  • The Armenians
  • Mar Thomas Around AD 800
  • The Migration of Maruvan Sabriso
  • Migration From the East Coast
  • Nilakkal Community
  • The Mylapore Migration
  • The Impact of Migrations
  • The Nazranis in History Early Testimonials
  • Syriac Document of AD 1301
  • Later Developments The Conversion of Cheraman Perumal
  • Restoration of the Nazranis
  • Persian Missionaries
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • III. THE PRE- COLONIAL NAZRANI COMMUNITY
  • Early Settlements
  • Expansion of Settlements
  • Thazhakkatupally Stone Inscription
  • Trade Routes and Expansion
  • Politics and Settlements
  • The Nazranis and the Jathy System
  • The Nazranis and the Brahmanic Customs
  • The Copper Plates and Privileges
  • Social Customs
  • Occupation
  • The Collapse of Maritime Trade
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • IV. CHRISTIANITY OF THE PRE-COLONIAL NAZRANIS
  • Religion of the Nazranis
  • The Sacraments
  • The East Syrian Heritage
  • The Organization
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • V. THE WAY OF THOMAS Vs. PETER
  • The Portuguese and the Nazranis
  • The Impact on Social Customs
  • The Impact on the Jathy Structure
  • The Impact on Ecclesial Structure
  • The Impact in Authority Structure
  • The Impact on the Sacraments
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • VI. THE NAZRANIS: AD1708- 1815
  • Mar Gabriel - The Beginning of Confusion
  • The Saint Thomas Consciousness
  • The Nazranis and the Society
  • Political Condition
  • Occupation
  • The Ecclesial Administration
  • The Income of the Hierarchy
  • Formation of the Canonical Framework
  • The Religious Life
  • VII. CONCLUSIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY