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? 166 second of the Magi who visited the cradle of the infant Jesus, (p. 92, 93). L. W. Brown, Bishop of Uganda writes: There is evidence that in the Acts ‘India’ refers to our India, or rather to the area of the North-West Frontier Province now contained in Pakistan. King Gundaphouls and his brother Gad are now known to be historical figures, ruling over the Scytho-India empire east and west of the Indus from about A. D. 19–45. 2 There was a considerable Jewish colony in North-Western India in the first century, which might have attracted the attention of the first Christian missionaries. 3 There are other facts which seem to indicate a northern locus for St. Thomas’ work. Bardaisan in his Book of Fate (A. D. 196) speaks of Parthian Christians liv- ing among pagans which might be a result of the destruc- tion of the Indian Parthian empire by Kushan invaders about (A. D. 50). 4 There are also said to be Christian tribes still living in north India, but holding their faith a secret from all others. For example, at Indus there is a fakir com- munity which calls itself by an Aramaic name, something like, ‘Bartolmai’ and claims to have been descended from St. Thomas’ converts and to have books and relics to prove it. Unfortunately no outsider has ever been allowed to see this alleged proof. 5(a) (a) Extract of page No. 47 of the ‘Indian Christians of St. Thomas, an ac- count of the ancient Syrian Church of Malabar p. 47, by L. W. Brown,