About the Book : This book containing 18 essays contributed by Goa-based scholars and students of Goan history provides a sort of menu of assorted dishes, ranging from pre-Portuguese religious and cultural life of Goa to the contemporary issues of freedom-struggle and gold-smuggling. In between there is a wide range of themes covering relations with some native and foreign neighbours, international maritime trade, including slave-trade, some out-standing personalities in Goan history, and sources and suggestions for further research. Many of these essays throw new light on Goan past, while a few even cast doubts on some prevailing views in Goan historiography. About Author : Teotonio R. de Souza (b. 18.2.1947). He is the Founder-Director of the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Goa since 1979. He is the author of Medieval Goa and edited Indo-Portuguese History: Old Issues, New Questions(1985), Essays in Goan History (1987), Goa through the Ages: An Economic History (1990), Jesuits in India: In Historical Perspective (1992). He has also written extensively on Indo-Portuguese History and Church History in various academic and cultural journals in India and abroad. He is post-graduate teacher and Ph.D. research guide of the Goa University, and is Life-Member and Fellow of various associations of Historians, including Indian History Congress and the Portuguese Academy of History. He has convened national and international seminars since 1981, including the Third International Seminar on Indo-Portuguese History (ISIPH-3). He has convened the 7th Seminar of the same series for January 1994