Christ vs Krishna
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CHRIST <strong>vs</strong> KRISHNA - RE-READING SAKES<br />
M. M. NINAN<br />
CHAPTER ONE<br />
Early <strong>Christ</strong>ianity in India -An Indian Missionary King-The Policy of the early Brahmins -<br />
Incarnation of Vishnu - <strong>Krishna</strong> and <strong>Christ</strong> - Juggernauth - Rama Avatar- Hindu tenet of the<br />
Trinity - whence derived Creation and deluge.<br />
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HATEVER opinion the antiquarian may venture on the subject of <strong>Christ</strong>ianity in<br />
India, there is very little doubt that a careful comparison of the ancient Hindu<br />
religious manuscripts with those of some what later date, furnishes irrefutable<br />
proof that the doctrines of <strong>Christ</strong>ianity had permeated India at the period when<br />
Rome was mistress of the world. This is so clear, that any argument to the<br />
contrary would be mere waste of words; because it can be refuted not only<br />
from analogy, but also from a vast array of fact - found both in written record<br />
and more enduring sculpture and epitaph, which not only prove the existence of <strong>Christ</strong>ianity in<br />
several parts of India in bygone ages, but also warrant the, assumption that at one time India<br />
boasted of a missionary king; one who, divested of all fanciful and unreal surroundings, whines<br />
forth brightly as a reformer of no mean type, whose mission was to restore religion to its<br />
pristine simplicity and purity, and in which he largely succeeded. (Asoka at Indra-prashta, who<br />
published certain edicts regarding religion.)<br />
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