The Oldest Christian Tomb in Northern India and 
the United Provinces. 
By Mrsrovs J. Sern, M.R.A.8. 
It is not known perhaps that Agra which possesses the 
mast magnificent Mausoleum the world has ever seen, contains 
at the same time the oldest Christian grave in Northern India, 
a grave much older than the one enshrined in the world-famed 
Tas. 
But where is this most interesting grave to be seen ? 
There stands in the beautiful old Armenian Cemetery at Agra 
(now called the R.C. Cemetery) an octagonal, though quite 
unpretentious Mausoleum as compared with those erected after- 
wards in the same cemetery to the memory of Hessing, the 
el Sumru and other military adventurers. And in that 
known as the “‘ Martyr’s CnapeL,”’ is to be found the grave 
of arich and very pious Armenian merchant called ‘‘ MARTYROSE 
who died at Agra in the year 1611 A.D. 
at Agra at that time. | 
As you enter the Mortuary Chapel referred to above you 
will find on the right hand niche two mural tablets of sandstone, 
one with an Armenian inscription at the head, and the other 
with a Persian inscription at the foot of the grave. I regret 
‘magnifying glass. 
After what had befallen the said two mural tablets, I 
