António Mascarenhas (writer)
António Mascarenhas was an Indian writer from the region of Goa. He is best remembered as the author of the book "Goa from Prehistoric Times" (1987). He wrote in the English language. Life. António Mascarenhas was born at his mother's ancestral home in Divar, Goa, India, on 24 February 1916. He was baptized as Antonio Inacio Salvador Matias Mascarenhas and spent his early childhood in Zanzibar and his school years at St. Paul's School, Belgaum, after which he joined the Society of Jesus. He completed the Gregorian University Ph L "summa cum laude". Although he  remained a layman, later marrying and raising a family, he was philosophically a Jesuit. His work took him between India and Portugal and among teaching, real estate, radio, travel planning and writing. He died in 1993 at home in Miraton Gardens, Chicalim, Goa, and was buried on the Jesuit feast day. Works. Among his known works are the following.