Abstract:
The paper describes the tolerant religious and cultural conditions in India at the time of
the coming of Vasco da Gama 1498 to the South West region. The paper then details
the extensive destruction caused to Indian culture and civilization by the intolerant
Portuguese. Thousands of Hindu and other places of worship were destroyed according
to Portuguese records themselves. The resistance put up by Indian culture, political
power and economy prevented South Asia going under as did Latin America. The
success of the Spanish Inquisition in Latin America in cultural and physical genocide is
contrasted with the Goan Inquisition.
