Christian stone sarcophagus | island, christianity

India / Goa / Jua /
 island, christianity, stone
A Christian stone sarcophagus is kept here by the Archaeological Survey of India. This was the burial coffin of a Christian, which the ASI has excavated. It is now kept out in the open, on the lawn, and ASI staffers use it as a rubbish receptacle! The sarcophagus has carvings of the cross on three sides. It seems to have been the sarcophagus of an important person, probably a bishop of Goa or of a Governor.
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Coordinates:   15°30'10"N   73°54'38"E
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