Mariano Saldanha owed his linguistic education to his priest-uncles in Goa, one of whom was Gabriel Saldanha, author of "Historia de Goa" (Nova Goa, 1926, repr. New Delhi, 1990).
Mariano Saldanha owed his linguistic education to his priest-uncles in Goa, who had made a mark in the field of higher education in Goa. The younger one was Manuel Jose Gabriel de Saldanha, author of "Historia de Goa" (Nova Goa, 1926, repr. New Delhi, 1990).