According to www.tombofjesus.com the Christian Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, survivied his crucifixtion and and travelled to Kashmir, India where he lived the rest of his life
The evidence found not just on this website, but across the internet present strong arguments which challenge what’s been referred to as “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
1978 Telegraph Feature
1978 Telegraph Feature
Question 1: Where is this ‘Tomb’ of Jesus Christ situated?
The Tomb featured at this site is in the Kan Yar District of Shrinagar, Kashmir, India. There is evidence to support the thesis put forward upon this site that Jesus Christ journeyed here after surviving the Crucifixion. There are historical records talking of his presence in India under the name of “Yus Asaph”.
The exact location of the tomb is: 34 05 39.10 N, 74 48 58.76 E
Through Google Earth we have obtained the following image and had it verified by those that have visited the tomb.
Question 2: How could anyone survive Crucifixion?
Crucifixion is often thought of as to mean death. People associate Crucifixion firstly with Jesus Christ and secondly with death. What can we find out about the practices of Crucifixion, and where there any peculiarities with Jesus’ Crucifixion?
The famous Jewish Historian, Josephus narrates the following story set in 1st century Palestine:
“I was sent by Titus Caesar with Ceralius and a thousand riders to a certain town by the name of Thecoa to find out whether a camp could be set up at this place. On my return I saw many prisoners who had been crucified, and recognized three of them as my former companions. I was inwardly very sad about this and went with tears in my eyes to Titus and told him about them. He at once gave the order that they should be taken down and given the best treatment so they could get better. However two of them died while being attended to by the doctor; the third recovered.”
Thus it was indeed possible for people to survive Crucifixion given treatment. There were also some features of Jesus’ ordeal that would make survival from likely an outcome.
Question 3: Why would Jesus go to India?
Is there any reason why Jesus Christ would journey to India? Here are a few reasons why:
I. Jesus was sent to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matthew 15:24) and there is substantial evidence, including DNA tests, suggesting that people of India and Persia and Parthia are of Jewish descent. Thus he went there to continue his mission.
II. Jesus may have been fulfilment of a prophecy in the Buddhist tradition, indeed many have suggested an even strong link between Jesus and Buddhism.
III. More contemporary research, particularly by Susanne Olsson, seems to be uncovering more and more evidence that India was the burial place of many of the Israelite Prophets; Moses, Abraham and others.
IV. If Jesus had survived the Crucifixion he would be a wanted man with a price on his head. He would want to escape the Roman jurisdiction as quickly as he could.
Question 4: When did Jesus go to India?
Regards timing there is a difference of opinion.
There appear to be three divergent viewpoints among the scholars that have written about Jesus in India.
I. Jesus travelled to India in his Youth only.
This view is supported by authors such as Elizabeth Claire Prophet, and stems largely from a scroll found by Nicholas Notovitch in a monastery at Hemmis. The Bible does not detail the events of Jesus’ life between the ages of 12 and 30, and these years have become known as the“missing years” of Jesus. Proponents of this view believe it was during these years Jesus travelled to India, and later returned to Palestine.
II. Jesus did not travel to India in his youth, but in fact travelled there after the Crucifixion.
This viewpoint rejects the view that Jesus grew up and learnt as a Buddhist during his youth. It is put forward by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and outlined in his treatise, “Jesus in India”, written in the early 1900s.
III. Jesus travelled to India during his youth, and returned there after the Crucifixion.
This appear to be the consensus now among the scholars. This viewpoint is that Jesus, having travelled to India in his youth, returned there after the Crucifixion. He spent most of his life there, and passed away there, and is burred in Shrinagar, Kashmir. This viewpoint is supported by people such as Holger Kersten, Dr Fida Hussnain and Andreas Faber-Kaiser, all who have written on the subject.
Question 5: What evidence is there that Jesus went to India?
A list of documents containing information about Jesus’ travels to the East and also his ministry in Kashmir
There is local legend and evidence that the man in the tomb is the same person as Jesus Christ. The Jewish origin of the people of Afghanistan and India is explored here and also forms part of the documented evidence about Jesus’ travels by providing a motive.
Question 6: What route could Jesus have taken?
Jesus started his journey from Jerusalem toward the eastern part of Damascus, Jesus then travelled to Eastern Turkey, Nisibis.
Iran was the next point of call for Jesus followed by Afghanistan to the small town of Herat and the toward Taxila in what is today Pakistan.
Jesus finally came to Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Question 7: How could Jesus have travelled so far without transport?
It is an accepted fact that St Thomas journeyed to India in the 1st century from Palestine thus there should be no problem with Jesus partaking a similar journey.
An interesting question is how he would undertake the journey, and also if such journeys were common. Narration during the BBC’s documentary – “Did Jesus Die?” – states that:
“The Journey East from Israel in the 1st century was surprisingly easy by land or by sea, on the Silk Route, or the spice route.”
This statement is then qualified as Friar Jerome Murphy O’Connor adds whilst talking about St Thomas’ journey to India:
“To travel to India would be no problem. He (St Thomas) just had to go down to Gaza and link up with one of the spice trains returning, and then from Yemen get a boat to India. It would have been a very easy simple procedure that was done regularly.”
Question 8: Has anyone written in support of this theory?
There are an increasing number of scholars writing about Jesus in India.
The theory has come to surface is modern day popular mainstream writings. It is mentioned in Yann Martel’s best seller “The Life of Pi”, and also covered by a UK based magazine called “The Fortean Times”.
In the summer of 2003 the BBC showed a documetnary entilted “Did Jesus Die?” in which the theory put forward by this website was covered extensively and presented as the most viable answer to the Jesus story.
Numerous scholars have written about the theory specifically, but the topic has not been brought in to the public spotlight. The BBC documentary was the most public sharing of the Jesus in India treatise.
(source www.tombofjesus.com)
