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THE OLDEST CHRISTIAN TOMB IN INDIA.—Agra, which possesses, in the splendid mausoleum known as the Taj, one of the finest sepulchres in the world, claims also the oldest Christian grave in northern India. It is known as the Martyr's Chapel, the tomb of a rich and very pious Armenian merchant called Martyrose, who died at Agra in A.D. 1611. The inscription on the tomb, now for the first time translated by Mr. Mesrovb Seth in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. xvii., 1921, runs: “In this tomb rested the pilgrim Martyrose son of Pheerbashi of Julfa. He died in the city of Agra and gave his goods to God for his soul. 1060 of the Armenian era” The Archaeological Department has now restored the tomb of this worthy, a member of the important Armenian community of Julfa in Persia, who came to India as a merchant. An inscription in Persian to his memory has been placed on the tomb.
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Research Items. Nature 111, 339–341 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111339a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111339a0