Cover illustrations: Front cover: Diu town, St. Paul’s Church, founded in 1610, now the Cathedral, and Seminary, now the high school. An example of Portuguese architecture in India, with an elaborate church cross (cruzeiro) to the left. Back cover: Carved marble images from a Jain temple (top left); St Paul’s cloister wall painting (bottom left); Tree-fringed road through the farmlands of Diu island (middle); Karao Jāmiʿ (top right); Zoroastrian Tower of Silence (bottom right). All images are by the Authors.
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