Jesus in India J ESUS IN I NDIA
Jesus in India I NTRODUCTION PUBLISHER’S NOTES
J ESUS IN I NDIA Jesus in India is the English version of Masih Hindustan Mein, an Urdu treatise Jesus in India written by the Holy Founder of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi The main thesis expounded in this treatise is Jesus' deliverance from death on the Cross and his subsequent journey to India in quest of the lost tribes of Israel whom he had to gather into his fold as foretold by Jesus himself 1835-1908 Page iii
‘ J ESUS IN I NDIA ’ PROVIDES EVIDENCE THAT Jesus started his journey from Jerusalem and passing through Nasibus and Iran, Jesus reached Afghanistan Jesus in India Where he met the Jews who had settled there after their escape from the bonds of Nebuchadnezzar From Afghanistan Jesus went to Kashmir where some Israelite tribes had also settled He made Kashmir his home where he died and is buried in Srinagar, Kashmir Page iii
A IMS AND OBJECTIVE OF WRITING THE BOOK Jesus in India To dispel serious misconceptions about the earlier and later life of Jesus (on whom be peace) by authentic evidence Page 1
M ESSIAH OF THE TIME Jesus in India I alone am the light of this age of darkness He who follows me will be saved from falling into the pits prepared by the Devil for those who walk in the dark Page 12-13
J ESUS IN I NDIA ; THE FACTS REVEALED I shall try to prove in this book that Jesus did not Jesus in India die on the cross, nor did he go up to the heavens; nor would he ever again come down to the earth The fact of the matter is that Jesus died at the age of 120 years at Srinagar, Kashmir, where his tomb is still to be found in the Khan Yar quarter Page 14
Jesus in India S UMMARY
S UMMARY OF B IBLICAL TESTIMONIES Jesus came out of the tomb (bowels of the earth) alive and went to his tribes who lived in the Jesus in India eastern countries Jesus had to make this journey, for the divine object of his mission of meeting the lost tribes of Israel who had settled in different parts of India Jesus did in fact travelled East and discovered the lost sheep of Israel among Buddhists, who ultimately accepted him the way Jonah was accepted by his people These were the ten tribes of the Israelites who 721 years* before Jesus, had been taken captive and forced to leave Page 17-18 Samaria by Shalmaneser, King of Assur. They eventually came to India and settled in various parts of the country
S UMMARY OF Q UR ’ ANIC TESTIMONIES It is true that Jesus was God caused things to placed on the cross, and happen which saved Jesus Jesus in India that the intention was to from death on the cross kill him Jesus escaped and graced Jesus was accorded great the land of the Punjab esteem and respect in this with his presence, where land he met the ten lost tribes of Israel
S UMMARY OF TESTIMONIES FROM A HADITH Jesus in India The Holy Jesus Jesus, the Save faith Prophet (pbuh) continuously Messiah, had Old age Travel said that Jesus travelled from to flee from his lived to an one country to country to save advanced age another his faith of 125
S UMMARY OF E VIDENCE FROM MEDICAL LITERATURE Eminent physicians of religions such as Christians, Jews, Magians and Muslims, recorded that this ointment was prepared for Jesus by the disciples The ministry of Jesus lasted only 3 and a1/2 years , and Jesus in India during this time no accident or injury, except for the trauma of the cross, has been recorded The historical importance of this ointment was not understood until now The Holy Prophet ( pbuh) prophesied that at the hand of the Promised Messiah the 'breaking of the cross' was to be brought about Meaning that at the time of the Promised Messiah, God would create conditions which would lay bare the truth about the crucifixion It was inevitable, therefore, that heaven should withhold such incontrovertible proof and conclusive evidence until the coming of the Promised Messiah
S UMMARY OF T ESTIMONIALS FROM HISTORICAL I SLAMIC LITERATURE Jesus being a Jesus in India traveller has been well proved by Islamic history Page 83
S UMMARY OF TESTIMONIES FROM B UDDHIST LITERATURE The prophecy about the coming of Jesus has been clearly spelt out in Buddhist literature Jesus in India Having escaped from the cross, Jesus travelled East, where the Buddhists, waiting a Messiah Buddha readily accepted him and treated him with great reverence That is why there is striking similarity in the titles, events, parables and teachings of Buddha and Jesus This is the reason that the parables and the moral teaching of the Gospels are found in Buddhist books compiled in Jesus' time
Jesus in India C HAPTER 4 E VIDENCE FROM HISTORICAL LITERATURE Jesus' Journey to the Punjab and Neighboring Territories was Inevitable
T HE QUESTION NATURALLY ARISES AS TO WHY J ESUS , AFTER HIS ESCAPE FROM THE CROSS , SHOULD HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT COULD HAVE INDUCED Jesus in India HIM TO TAKE SUCH A LONG JOURNEY ? Ten tribes of Israel, who in the Gospels have been called the lost sheep of Israel, had migrated to this country Page 106-07
T EN L OST TRIBES OF B ENI I SRAEL For example, the people of Alai Kohistan which is at a A hilly tract in this region distance of two or three days' known as Kala Dakah, whose journey from the district of inhabitants also take pride in Jesus in India Hazara, have called being of Israelite origin themselves Beni Israel from time immemorial It is too well known that people like the Afghans and the old inhabitants of Kashmir are in fact of Israelite origin Then in the Hazara district Similarly, the inhabitants of itself, there is a tribe which the mountain range between claims to belong to the house Chillas and Kabul also call of Israel themselves Israelites Page 107-108
T EN L OST TRIBES OF B ENI I SRAEL Jesus in India • Their dress, their features and some of their rituals conclusively point to the fact that they are undoubtedly of Israelite origin The Kashmiri people are the descendants of Israel Page 108
T EN L OST TRIBES OF B ENI I SRAEL Nebuchadnezzar took Syrians prisoner and settled them in Persia and Media Jesus in India From whence at a later date they moved to the East and settled in the Ghor hills, where they were known as Beni Israel It is not known at what point of time the Afghans of Ghor advanced farther and came to settle in the territory around Kandhar Qais married the daughter of Khalid bin Walid, by whom he had three sons It is their descendants who are today known as the Afghans or Beni-Israel Page 108-109
T EN L OST TRIBES OF B ANI I SRAEL The majority of oriental historians are of the opinion that the Afghan people are the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel Jesus in India Afghans possess evidence that at -- as well as several Peshawar, during There were also other articles his invasion of Jews in Nadir preserved by their India, Nadir Shah Shah's camp, who, families for the was presented by on seeing the performance of the chiefs of the articles, readily religious rites of Yoosoofzyes tribe recognised them their old faith with a Bible written in Hebrew Page 113
T EN L OST TRIBES OF B ANI I SRAEL Jesus in India We have reproduced all Afghans and Kashmiris, these quotations from the who are to be found in India, writings of well-known on the frontier and in its authors, and if considered neighbourhood, are really together, they will convince the Beni Israel the impartial reader that http://www.alislam.org/library/books/jesus-in- india/appendix.html Page 121
S UMMARY OF TESTIMONIES FROM H ISTORICAL W RITINGS J ESUS ' J OURNEY TO THE P UNJAB AND N EIGHBOURING T ERRITORIES WAS I NEVITABLE Ten tribes of Israel, who in the Gospels have been called the lost sheep of Israel had migrated to this country Jesus in India Afghans came from Syria. Nebuchadnezzar took them prisoner and settled them in Persia and Media, from whence at a later date they moved to the East and settled in the Ghor hills Qais married the daughter of Khalid bin Walid. It is their descendants who are today known as the Afghans or Beni-Israel Afghans and Kashmiris, who are to be found in India, on the frontier and in its neighbourhood, are really the Beni Israel
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