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The Cochin [[Jew]]s (or Malabar Jews) claim to have occupied India since the time of [[Solomon]], but historical evidence can place them in India only from about 700 B.C.<ref>Koder S. "History of the Jews of Kerala". ''The St.Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India''. Edited by. G. Menachery. 1973</ref>  

The Cochin [[Jew]]s (or Malabar Jews) claim to have occupied India since the time of [[Solomon]], but historical evidence can place them in India only from about 700 B.C.<ref>Koder S. "History of the Jews of Kerala". ''The St.Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India''. Edited by. G. Menachery. 1973</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</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>  

==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.  

==Islam==

==Islam==