Just to let everyone, Gilbert's comments below are yet another spin in his attempt to deflect blame from the church.
It is well known that Goa was ruled by a Muslim leader by the name of Adil Shah when the Portuguese attacked Goa. In fact, the Portuguese received support from neighboring Hindu rulers. Like the British who were to follow much later, the Portuguese came to India in search of trade, not to prostelyze. The Portuguese did not touch any of the Hindu structures and the native population continued to live as before. It as only around 100+ years later, with the onset of the Inquisition that the Portuguese were forced to change course and target the native Hindu population and their religion. It is only during this time that Hindu temples were destroyed with churches built on them. To suggest that Hindu temples were destroyed as a result of a military operation that took place 100+ years earlier is simply ridiculous! This was not a militarily driven operation. It was purely a manifestation of christian extremism. During this period of Christian genocide against the Goan Hindus, virtually all their temples were destroyed in the regions they controlled, which primarily consisted of what is today's Ilhas, Bardez and Salcete. That is why, we see few if any old Hindu structures in these regions today. After about another 100 years, the rest of the eastern talukas of what now called Goa came under Portuguese rule. However by then, the Inquisition had died down and furthermore, the Church no longer had the power it once did. As a result, many ancient Hindu temples still exist in these talukas today. As I said, the more Gilbert writes on this topic, the more it highlights his biases. Marlon --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Cornel, > > This is a response to some of your comments in the > two recent posts on this thread. Both your posts > have statements which appear to be confusing. In > themselves, some may be true statements, but they > (the various facts) are not connected. > > As I stated previously and discussed about two years > ago, Hindu temples were destroyed to terrorize the > native population and as part of a LAND GRAB. Thus > the Hindus left their ancestral land and villages > and fled the Portuguese territory. This was part of > the military's plan. All invading armies did the > same - used some excuse (extending from destruction > of places of worship and homes, slaughter, > intimidation, introduction of laws, etc.) to > confiscate / grab the land. The land was then > distributed (as compensation) to the retired > soldiers and officers of the invading army. > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)