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The Bene Israel group claim to have arrived in India between about A.D. 100 and A.D. 300, and can be traced by other evidence to as early as about A.D. 1000.<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=710&letter=B Jewish Encyclopedia article for Bene Israel]</ref>
The Bene Israel group claim to have arrived in India between about A.D. 100 and A.D. 300, and can be traced by other evidence to as early as about A.D. 1000.<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=710&letter=B Jewish Encyclopedia article for Bene Israel]</ref>
Two other Jewish groups in India are the Bene Ephraim and the Baghdadi Jews.
==Christianity==
==Christianity==
[[Christianity]] arrived in India in the first century A.D., possibly through the travels of the [[Apostle Thomas]], whose tomb in the Indian city of [[Chennai]] is a major pilgrimage site for Christians in India.
[[Christianity]] arrived in India in the first century A.D., possibly through the travels of the [[Apostle Thomas]], whose tomb in the Indian city of [[Chennai]] is a major pilgrimage site for Christians in India.