Tracing Early Christianity at the Bongal Site, Central Tapanuli District, North Sumatra

Sinaga, Rosmaida and Azhari, Ichwan and Simangunsong, Lister and Sumantri, Pulung (2024) Tracing Early Christianity at the Bongal Site, Central Tapanuli District, North Sumatra. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science, and Culture, ICIESC 2023, 24 October 2023, Medan, Indonesia.

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Abstract

The history of the spread of ancient Christianity in the 4-5th century AD to Sumatra is
still a mystery among historians. Written sources mention that the Nestorian church had developed
as far as Fansur or Barus on the west coast of Sumatra. This research aims to uncover traces of the
arrival of

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Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2026 17:09
Last Modified: 17 Apr 2026 00:35
URI: http://eprints.eai.eu/id/eprint/47129

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