Re: [Goanet]Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by origin?

2005-08-04 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- "D'Souza, Avelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The story that has been doing the rounds for > centuries now is that the > first Costa settler in India had sailed to the > subcontinent in the > company of Vasco da Gama. > But there is also information that the Costas are > Brahmins, and so >

RE: [Goanet]Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by origin?

2005-08-04 Thread Paulo Colaco Dias
@goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet]Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by origin? > > The story that has been doing the rounds for centuries now is that the > first Costa settler in India had sailed to the subcontinent in the > company of Vasco da Gama. > But there is also information th

[Goanet]Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by origin?

2005-08-03 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
The story that has been doing the rounds for centuries now is that the first Costa settler in India had sailed to the subcontinent in the company of Vasco da Gama. But there is also information that the Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by origin. We have no documentary evidence in support of eit