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Thomas came to the Kerala coast in India, he entrusted the gospel of Jesus – the Word made flesh - to four families to keep and to teach. Sankarapuri was one of them from which we trace our heritage. | EMERGENCE OF HINDUISM FROM CHRISTIANITY M. M. NINAN Copyright Prof. All rights reserved. August 2006 Published by San Jose CA 95124 http EMERGENCE OF HINDUISM FROM CHRISTIANITY 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. M. NINAN CONTENTS PREFACE 1 THE ACTS OF THOMAS 5 RELIGIONS OF INDIA WHEN THOMAS ENTERED 25 INDIA THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF THOMAS 34 THE THEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 40 THE LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE SANSKRIT 45 ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCES 49 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCES 58 CONCEPTUAL EVIDENCES 70 FIVE BASIC DOCTRINAL ASPECTS OF SAIVISM 88 AND VAISHNAVISM ARRIVAL OF GNOSTICISM 94 FORMATION OF HINDUISM 104 HINDUISM IN KERALA 112 KALABHRA INTERREGNUM - THE DARK AGES OF 121 SOUTH INDIA THE FIRST VAISHNAVA CONQUEST OF KERALA 131 THE MYTH OF PRESTER JOHN 143 THE SECOND VAISHNAVITE CONQUEST- THE 149 PARASURAMA MYTH KERALA - GOD S OWN LAND .