Bombay Before the British
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"Bombay Before the British", often referred to by its acronym "BBB", was a three year research project in the fields of History of Architecture
and History of Urbanism
, funded by the Portuguese
Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education
through its Science and Technology Foundation.
The funding for the project began in September 2004 and ended in December 2007, when a final report was submitted containing the project's main conclusions. This report received the highest mark by FCT's evaluating panel. Both senior investigators of the "BBB", Dr. Walter Rossa http://www.ces.uc.pt/investigadores/cv/walter_rossa.pdf and Dr. Paulo Varela Gomes http://www.ces.uc.pt/myces/UserFiles/curriculos/investigador_110_cv_en_20090722_1437.pdf, were and are professors at the Architecture Department, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (Portugal
).
The project's main object of study was the territory of Greater Mumbai
and its surrounding hinterland during the time of Portuguese colonial rule (1534–1739); during that period, the territory was known as the Baçaim (Vasai) District of the Northern Province of Portuguese India
.
). In 2000, both of them travelled to the area of Greater Mumbai
, together with the second year students of the Department of Architecture, University of Coimbra, visiting many of the historical sites pertaining to the territory's Indo-Portuguese layer. The research possibilities developed during this trip and the recent scholarly activity of both Rossa and Gomes led up to the proposal for a three year scientific research project - the "BBB"
and religious structures but also structures founded by the Portuguese and later modified or rebuilt by other administrations or communities. Most of the Churches that cater to the Catholic
population of Greater Mumbai today - the East Indians - were founded by Portuguese missionaries. Significant information exists within sixteenth and seventeenth century Portuguese
sources to prove that Catholic
Communities were inexistent in the Northern Province area at the time of Portuguese occupation in 1534 (although it is very probable that some Christian
communities developed in the area during the 7th and 8th centuries A.D., having become defunct by the time of the Portuguese arrival).
Beside the network of forts and churches, the Portuguese Northern Province also presented a nerwork of villages that developed under colonial
rule. Most of these villages were leased to Portuguese or Indo-Portuguese
landed gentry
. Especially in Salsette Island
, this network of villages was still in place during the first decades of the 20th century and would later become the most important territorial matrix for the development of Suburban Mumbai
. Indeed, the two main railway lines buuit during the 19th century in Salsette followed closely a pre-existing road pattern (from Kurla
to Thane
and from Bandra to Bhyandar) that crossed many East-Indian villages, with their distinct landscape, architecture and churches. It was only during the 60s and 70s of the 20th century that Mumbai
's exponential growth submerged and, in may cases, erased this network of villages. A few survive along the Northwestern coast of Salsette Island
, with their unique East-Indian communities and traditions.
Data gathered during the project's timeline included various documents from libraries and archives in Portugal
, India
and the United Kingdom
and also material gathered first-hand directly at the sites, through the project's field missions. This data was then stored in a Database
and connected to a GIS interactive map. The GIS map used satellite imagery acquired through the European Space Agency
. Over the layer of satellite imagery was added a number of layers of vectorial
information, using the symbology of present-day cartography
. The GIS map's interface allowed for each symbol to be connected to a number of documents stored in the Database
. This methodology allowed the team to confirm the matricial importance on the East-Indian village network upon the suburban growth of Greater Mumbai
all along the 20th century, among other things
Dr. Walter Rossa (Investigator Responsible), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra;
Dr. Paulo Varela Gomes (Senior Investigator), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra;
André Teixeira (Investigator), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
;
Silvana Pires (Investigator), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
Other members:
Sidh Losa Mendiratta (Investigator) http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/22122009/21split-pg3-0.pdf, Architecture Department, University of Coimbra;
Mafalda Trinca (Scholarship holder), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra; Susana Freiria (Scholarship holder), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra; Cláudia Costa (Scholarship holder), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra; Isabel Almeida (Scholarship holder), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
; Pedro Nobre (Scholarship holder), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
.
André Teixeira, Baçaim e o seu território: administração, economia e sociedade, séculos XVI a XVIII, tese de doutoramento em História, especialidade de História dos Descobrimentos e da Expansão Portuguesa à Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor João Oliveira e Costa (2010). http://www.gpeari.mctes.pt/index.php?idc=31&idi=339046
Sidh Mendiratta, Dispositivos de Arquitectura e Engenharia na defesa do território da Província do Norte do Estado da Índia (1520-1740), tese de Doutoramento em História da Arquitectura ao Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Walter Rossa e Prof. Doutor Paulo Varela Gomes, 2007 (ongoing).http://www.gpeari.mctes.pt/index.php?idc=31&idi=339961
Mafalda Trinca, Sistemas de informação histórico-geográfica: modelos, tecnologia e estudo de casos, dissertação de Mestrado, integrada no Mestrado em Património Europeu, Multimédia e Sociedade da Informação (EUROMACHS), à Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho e Prof. Doutor Walter Rossa, 2010.
Pedro Nobre, A Entrega de Bombaim ao Reino Unido (1661-1668) – um processo político-diplomático, dissertação de Mestrado em História dos Descobrimentos e da Expansão Portuguesa à Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2007.
Although not officially included as part of the BBB's resulting scientific output, the following two dissertations were accomplished in close association to the project's senior investigators:
Nuno Grancho, Bombaim: A Explosão Urbana Análise de Assentamentos e Vias, tese de Mestrado em História da Arquitectura ao Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Paulo Varela Gomes, 2007
Tania Teixeira, Bombaim Meri Jaan: a vida, a cidade e a arquitectura em Bombaim, Prova Final de Licenciatura do Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Paulo Varela Gomes, 2009
GOMES, Paulo Varela "«Bombay Portuguese», ser ou não ser português em Bombaim no século XIX" in Revista de História das Ideias, Coimbra, Instituto de História e Teoria das Ideias, (2000). [No prelo].
GOMES, Paulo Varela, “There is no spot in the world where the Catholic and Heathen imagery come so closely in contact as here. Franciscan architecture in Mandapeshwar / Mount Poinsur, Bombay”, paper apresentado no symposium The Arts & the Portuguese Colonial Experience, org. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 24 e 25 de Março de 2006 [no prelo]
GOMES, Paulo Varela "Two (and a few other) Bombay churches. Issues of architecture and identity" in Mumbai Reader, Mumbai, Urban Design Research Institute, n.º 2 (2007). [No prelo].
ROSSA, Walter "Bombay before the british: the indo-portuguese layer" in Mumbai Reader, Mumbai, Urban Design Research Institute, n.º 1 (2006), pp. 262–269.
ROSSA, Walter, “Bombaim antes dos Ingleses: apresentação do projecto”, in Actas do XIIº Seminário Internacional de História Indo-Portuguesa (Lisboa, 23 a 27 Outubro 2006), Lisboa, Centro de História de Além-Mar da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Centro de Estudos dos Povos e Culturas de Expressão Portuguesa da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. [No prelo].
ROSSA, Walter, MENDIRATTA, Sidh, “Ghost Towns. Ruined and disappeared Portuguese colonial settlements in coastal Maharashtra, India: new research results”, paper apresentado na conferência 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, org. Society of Architectural Historians, Cincinnati, 23 a 27 de Abril de 2008. [No prelo].
MENDIRATTA, Sidh, “From Islands to Mainland. Territorial policy change and the creation of the Northern Province of the Estado da Índia”, paper apresentado na conferência Histories Form the Sea. Multimedia for Understanding and Teaching Europe-South Asia Maritime Heritage, org. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nova Delhi, 30 e 31 de Janeiro de 2007. [No prelo].
MENDIRATTA, Sidh, “Two Towns and a Vila. Baçaim, Chaul and Taná: the defensive structures of three Indo-Portuguese urban settlements in the Northern Province of the Estado da Índia”, paper apresentado no International Seminar on Cities in Medieval India (1200-1800), org. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nova Delhi, 6 e 7 de Março de 2008. [No prelo].
TEIXEIRA, André "Os Primórdios da Presença Portuguesa em Baçaim, 1534-1554: notas sobre a situação financeira e político-militar do primeiro «território» do Estado da Índia." in D. João III e o Império, Actas do Congresso Internacional Comemorativo do Nascimento de D. João III, Lisboa, CHAM (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) e CEPCEP (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), 2004, pp. 337-365.
TEIXEIRA, André, ALMEIDA, Isabel, NOBRE, Pedro, “A concessão de Bombaim aos ingleses: suas implicações no território de Baçaim (1661-1668)”, in Actas do XIIº Seminário Internacional de História Indo-Portuguesa (Lisboa, 23 a 27 Outubro 2006), Lisboa, Centro de História de Além-Mar da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Centro de Estudos dos Povos e Culturas de Expressão Portuguesa da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. [No prelo].
TEIXEIRA, André, PIRES, Silvana Remédio, “O Tombo de Baçaim de 1727-1730”, in Anais de História de Além-Mar, vol. VIII, Lisboa, Centro de História de Além-Mar da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2007, pp. 325–63.
TEIXEIRA, André, “Baçaim, the city and its hinterland”, paper apresentado no International Seminar on Cities in Medieval India (1200-1800), org. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nova Delhi, 6 e 7 de Março de 2008. [No prelo
History of architecture
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and History of Urbanism
Urbanism
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, funded by the Portuguese
Portugal
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Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education
Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education
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through its Science and Technology Foundation.
The funding for the project began in September 2004 and ended in December 2007, when a final report was submitted containing the project's main conclusions. This report received the highest mark by FCT's evaluating panel. Both senior investigators of the "BBB", Dr. Walter Rossa http://www.ces.uc.pt/investigadores/cv/walter_rossa.pdf and Dr. Paulo Varela Gomes http://www.ces.uc.pt/myces/UserFiles/curriculos/investigador_110_cv_en_20090722_1437.pdf, were and are professors at the Architecture Department, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
).
The project's main object of study was the territory of Greater Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and its surrounding hinterland during the time of Portuguese colonial rule (1534–1739); during that period, the territory was known as the Baçaim (Vasai) District of the Northern Province of Portuguese India
Portuguese India
The Portuguese Viceroyalty of India , later the Portuguese State of India , was the aggregate of Portugal's colonial holdings in India.The government started in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de...
.
Background
In 1997, Dr. Walter Rossa's book "Indo-portuguese Cities" was published by the Portuguese Discoveries Celebrations Committee (CNCDP); http://openlibrary.org/b/OL410107M/Cidades_indo-portuguesas The following year, Dr. Rossa coordinated the topographical survey of the ruins of the Baçaim (Vasai). During this period (1996–1998), Dr. Paulo Varela Gomes was the delegate of the Oriente Foundation's branch in India (GoaGoa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
). In 2000, both of them travelled to the area of Greater Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, together with the second year students of the Department of Architecture, University of Coimbra, visiting many of the historical sites pertaining to the territory's Indo-Portuguese layer. The research possibilities developed during this trip and the recent scholarly activity of both Rossa and Gomes led up to the proposal for a three year scientific research project - the "BBB"
Brief Overview of the Project
The Portuguese presence in the Baçaim (Vasai) District of the Northern Province between 1534 and 1739 - which included the present day region of Greater Mumbai - has left considerable traces on the present-day territory. These include not only ruins of militaryMilitary
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
and religious structures but also structures founded by the Portuguese and later modified or rebuilt by other administrations or communities. Most of the Churches that cater to the Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
population of Greater Mumbai today - the East Indians - were founded by Portuguese missionaries. Significant information exists within sixteenth and seventeenth century Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
sources to prove that Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
Communities were inexistent in the Northern Province area at the time of Portuguese occupation in 1534 (although it is very probable that some Christian
Christian
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communities developed in the area during the 7th and 8th centuries A.D., having become defunct by the time of the Portuguese arrival).
Beside the network of forts and churches, the Portuguese Northern Province also presented a nerwork of villages that developed under colonial
Colonial
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rule. Most of these villages were leased to Portuguese or Indo-Portuguese
Indo-Portuguese
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landed gentry
Gentry
Gentry denotes "well-born and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past....
. Especially in Salsette Island
Salsette Island
Salsette Island is an island in Maharashtra state on India's west coast. The metropolis of Mumbai and the city of Thane lie on this island, making it the 14th most populous island and the fourth most densely populated island in the world, after Migingo Island in Kenya, Ap Lei Chau in Hong Kong,...
, this network of villages was still in place during the first decades of the 20th century and would later become the most important territorial matrix for the development of Suburban Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. Indeed, the two main railway lines buuit during the 19th century in Salsette followed closely a pre-existing road pattern (from Kurla
Kurla
Kurla is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai...
to Thane
Thane
Thane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
and from Bandra to Bhyandar) that crossed many East-Indian villages, with their distinct landscape, architecture and churches. It was only during the 60s and 70s of the 20th century that Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
's exponential growth submerged and, in may cases, erased this network of villages. A few survive along the Northwestern coast of Salsette Island
Salsette Island
Salsette Island is an island in Maharashtra state on India's west coast. The metropolis of Mumbai and the city of Thane lie on this island, making it the 14th most populous island and the fourth most densely populated island in the world, after Migingo Island in Kenya, Ap Lei Chau in Hong Kong,...
, with their unique East-Indian communities and traditions.
Main Tasks
The BBB's methodology included two main tasks: data gathering; and its interpretation through appropriate tools, namely GIS software.Data gathered during the project's timeline included various documents from libraries and archives in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, India
India
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and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and also material gathered first-hand directly at the sites, through the project's field missions. This data was then stored in a Database
Database
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and connected to a GIS interactive map. The GIS map used satellite imagery acquired through the European Space Agency
European Space Agency
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. Over the layer of satellite imagery was added a number of layers of vectorial
Geographic Information System
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information, using the symbology of present-day cartography
Cartography
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. The GIS map's interface allowed for each symbol to be connected to a number of documents stored in the Database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
. This methodology allowed the team to confirm the matricial importance on the East-Indian village network upon the suburban growth of Greater Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
all along the 20th century, among other things
Team Members
The original BBB team consisted of four members:Dr. Walter Rossa (Investigator Responsible), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra;
Dr. Paulo Varela Gomes (Senior Investigator), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra;
André Teixeira (Investigator), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
New University of Lisbon
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, , also known as NOVA ) was established in 1973 and is the youngest of the three public universities of Lisbon, in Portugal....
;
Silvana Pires (Investigator), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
New University of Lisbon
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, , also known as NOVA ) was established in 1973 and is the youngest of the three public universities of Lisbon, in Portugal....
Other members:
Sidh Losa Mendiratta (Investigator) http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/22122009/21split-pg3-0.pdf, Architecture Department, University of Coimbra;
Mafalda Trinca (Scholarship holder), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra; Susana Freiria (Scholarship holder), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra; Cláudia Costa (Scholarship holder), Architecture Department, University of Coimbra; Isabel Almeida (Scholarship holder), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
New University of Lisbon
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, , also known as NOVA ) was established in 1973 and is the youngest of the three public universities of Lisbon, in Portugal....
; Pedro Nobre (Scholarship holder), Centre for Overseas History, New University of Lisbon
New University of Lisbon
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, , also known as NOVA ) was established in 1973 and is the youngest of the three public universities of Lisbon, in Portugal....
.
Emerging Dissertations
Tapping into the considerable amount of resources and new lines of research created by the ongoing "BBB", two PhD and two Master dissertations were started by following team members:André Teixeira, Baçaim e o seu território: administração, economia e sociedade, séculos XVI a XVIII, tese de doutoramento em História, especialidade de História dos Descobrimentos e da Expansão Portuguesa à Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor João Oliveira e Costa (2010). http://www.gpeari.mctes.pt/index.php?idc=31&idi=339046
Sidh Mendiratta, Dispositivos de Arquitectura e Engenharia na defesa do território da Província do Norte do Estado da Índia (1520-1740), tese de Doutoramento em História da Arquitectura ao Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Walter Rossa e Prof. Doutor Paulo Varela Gomes, 2007 (ongoing).http://www.gpeari.mctes.pt/index.php?idc=31&idi=339961
Mafalda Trinca, Sistemas de informação histórico-geográfica: modelos, tecnologia e estudo de casos, dissertação de Mestrado, integrada no Mestrado em Património Europeu, Multimédia e Sociedade da Informação (EUROMACHS), à Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho e Prof. Doutor Walter Rossa, 2010.
Pedro Nobre, A Entrega de Bombaim ao Reino Unido (1661-1668) – um processo político-diplomático, dissertação de Mestrado em História dos Descobrimentos e da Expansão Portuguesa à Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2007.
Although not officially included as part of the BBB's resulting scientific output, the following two dissertations were accomplished in close association to the project's senior investigators:
Nuno Grancho, Bombaim: A Explosão Urbana Análise de Assentamentos e Vias, tese de Mestrado em História da Arquitectura ao Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Paulo Varela Gomes, 2007
Tania Teixeira, Bombaim Meri Jaan: a vida, a cidade e a arquitectura em Bombaim, Prova Final de Licenciatura do Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, orientada pelo Prof. Doutor Paulo Varela Gomes, 2009
Publications, Articles and Papers
GOMES, Paulo Varela, ROSSA, Walter, “O primeiro território – Bombaim e os Portugueses”, in Oceanos, nº41, Lisboa, Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 2000, pp. 210–224.GOMES, Paulo Varela "«Bombay Portuguese», ser ou não ser português em Bombaim no século XIX" in Revista de História das Ideias, Coimbra, Instituto de História e Teoria das Ideias, (2000). [No prelo].
GOMES, Paulo Varela, “There is no spot in the world where the Catholic and Heathen imagery come so closely in contact as here. Franciscan architecture in Mandapeshwar / Mount Poinsur, Bombay”, paper apresentado no symposium The Arts & the Portuguese Colonial Experience, org. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 24 e 25 de Março de 2006 [no prelo]
GOMES, Paulo Varela "Two (and a few other) Bombay churches. Issues of architecture and identity" in Mumbai Reader, Mumbai, Urban Design Research Institute, n.º 2 (2007). [No prelo].
ROSSA, Walter "Bombay before the british: the indo-portuguese layer" in Mumbai Reader, Mumbai, Urban Design Research Institute, n.º 1 (2006), pp. 262–269.
ROSSA, Walter, “Bombaim antes dos Ingleses: apresentação do projecto”, in Actas do XIIº Seminário Internacional de História Indo-Portuguesa (Lisboa, 23 a 27 Outubro 2006), Lisboa, Centro de História de Além-Mar da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Centro de Estudos dos Povos e Culturas de Expressão Portuguesa da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. [No prelo].
ROSSA, Walter, MENDIRATTA, Sidh, “Ghost Towns. Ruined and disappeared Portuguese colonial settlements in coastal Maharashtra, India: new research results”, paper apresentado na conferência 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, org. Society of Architectural Historians, Cincinnati, 23 a 27 de Abril de 2008. [No prelo].
MENDIRATTA, Sidh, “From Islands to Mainland. Territorial policy change and the creation of the Northern Province of the Estado da Índia”, paper apresentado na conferência Histories Form the Sea. Multimedia for Understanding and Teaching Europe-South Asia Maritime Heritage, org. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nova Delhi, 30 e 31 de Janeiro de 2007. [No prelo].
MENDIRATTA, Sidh, “Two Towns and a Vila. Baçaim, Chaul and Taná: the defensive structures of three Indo-Portuguese urban settlements in the Northern Province of the Estado da Índia”, paper apresentado no International Seminar on Cities in Medieval India (1200-1800), org. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nova Delhi, 6 e 7 de Março de 2008. [No prelo].
TEIXEIRA, André "Os Primórdios da Presença Portuguesa em Baçaim, 1534-1554: notas sobre a situação financeira e político-militar do primeiro «território» do Estado da Índia." in D. João III e o Império, Actas do Congresso Internacional Comemorativo do Nascimento de D. João III, Lisboa, CHAM (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) e CEPCEP (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), 2004, pp. 337-365.
TEIXEIRA, André, ALMEIDA, Isabel, NOBRE, Pedro, “A concessão de Bombaim aos ingleses: suas implicações no território de Baçaim (1661-1668)”, in Actas do XIIº Seminário Internacional de História Indo-Portuguesa (Lisboa, 23 a 27 Outubro 2006), Lisboa, Centro de História de Além-Mar da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Centro de Estudos dos Povos e Culturas de Expressão Portuguesa da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. [No prelo].
TEIXEIRA, André, PIRES, Silvana Remédio, “O Tombo de Baçaim de 1727-1730”, in Anais de História de Além-Mar, vol. VIII, Lisboa, Centro de História de Além-Mar da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2007, pp. 325–63.
TEIXEIRA, André, “Baçaim, the city and its hinterland”, paper apresentado no International Seminar on Cities in Medieval India (1200-1800), org. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nova Delhi, 6 e 7 de Março de 2008. [No prelo
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