Referenced In

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"XVIII. —Discoursing of the Place where lieth the Body of St. Thomas the Apostle; and of the Miracles thereof 353 Notes.—1. Mailapúr. 2. The word Avarian. 3. Miraculous Earth. 4. The Traditions of St. Thomas in India. The ancient Church at his Tomb; the ancient Cross preserved on St. Thomas’s Mount."