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Thomas the Apostle’s visit to the court of King Gondophares IV Sases.—Thomas the Apostle or St. Thomas was well known as Doubting Thomas because he doubted the resurrection of Jesus after death. According to the anc ient Roman text “ The Apocryphal Acts of Thomas” also known as “The Acts of Judas Thomas”, Habban took Thomas to King Gondophares (most probably, King Gondophares IV Sases), the ruler of Taxila, as a carpenter.
The Christian missionaries in India have fraudulently concocted that St. Thomas visited Malabar, Kerala and died at Chennai based on the reference of Kingdom Mazdei of Southern India. In fact, Thomas travelled from Taxila (Northern India) to Gandhara close to Khurasan region (Southern India) in a chariot. The names of King Misdeus, Queen Tertia, son Juzanes etc., clearly suggest the Indo-Greek or Hellenized Persian descent. Evidently, Thomas went to Gandhara-Khurasan region in the south India and not Kerala. Moreover, the name of Kingdom “Mazdei” unambiguously suggests the Kingdom of Ahur Mazda or Zoroastrian Kingdom. Thus, Thomas died in Gandhara-Khurasan region and not in Chennai.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Religions in 2019 < [Volume 11, Issue 1 (2020)]
St. Thomas Aquinas on God as Ipsum Esse Subsistens < [Volume 16, Issue 2 (2025)]
Text, Method, or Goal? On What Really Matters in Biblical Thomism < [Volume 14, Issue 1 (2023)]
Vivekananda: An Apostle of Hinduism < [October – December, 1993]
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Archives of Social Sciences of Religions
Thomas S. Kidd, Who is an Evangelical. The History of a Movement in Crisis < [Volume 196 (2021)]
Cardinal Henri De Lubac and Jacques Maritain: Correspondence and Encounters < [Volume 164 (2013)]
Jean-Baptiste Échivard, Penser avec réalisme à l’écoute de Saint Thomas < [Volume 184 (2018)]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
Comment on MaaniHessari, N.; van Schalkwyk, M.C.; Thomas, S.; Petticrew, M.... < [Volume 16, Issue 13 (2019)]
Implementing Cargo Movement into Climate Based Risk Assessment of... < [Volume 11, Issue 3 (2014)]
Reply to Comment on Maani Hessari, N.; van Schalkwyk, M.C.; Thomas, S.;... < [Volume 16, Issue 14 (2019)]
South African Journal of Physiotherapy
Obituary < [Vol 41, No 1 (1985)]
Spinal manipulations < [Vol 32, No 2 (1976)]
Precision in Physiotherapy < [Vol 20, No 3 (1964)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Physical properties of silicone elastomers. review article < [2019: Volume 8, May issue 6]
Phytochemical screening and analysis of Pergularia daemia leaves. < [2016: Volume 5, February issue 2]
Ethnomedicinal plants of Malayali tribals in Pachamalai Hills, TN < [2015: Volume 4, January issue 1]