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March 18, 2025 Think Goa, Goans, Goaness

The Status of Konkani Before the Arrival of the Portuguese

At the arrival of Portuguese, Konkani literature was not a tabula rasa. It appears that we already had an early production of versatile prose in the form of Ramayana and Mahabharata. It also appears that Konkani had a script of its own. This script is said to Kandvi or Goym-kannadi. It is said to be akin to old or...

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Rev. (Dr.) Victor Ferrao holds a Doctorate in Philosophy of Science with specialization in Science Religion Dialogue from the Philosophy Department of Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune.

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