Agaçaim

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Agaçaim" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Agaçaim (pronounced Aagshi) or Agassaim, is a village on the northern banks of the

History

Agaçaim was a bazaar/mercado/market turned migrating Christian community on the fringes of the Indian Ocean and is attested by the discovery of stone crosses with Pahlavi (archaic Persian) inscription in several places along the west coast of India.^[1] The 2001 discovery of a granite stone cross by Father Cosme Costa, sfx, has been dated to the seventh century with a Pahlavi inscription.

Agassaim near Agaçaim has played a significant role in the political scene of Goa, be it the Save Goa Campaign or the Konkani language agitation in 1986. During these events, seven martyrs died for the Konkani language.

References

This article related to a location in the Indian state of Goa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e