Life of Ahmad — Page 680
JESUS as IN INDIA as 680 The book I am referring to is The Unknown life of Christ published by Hutchinson and Co. , London, in 1895. In this book the author says: 'I learned from the Chief Lama that there existed in the Archives of Lhassa very ancient records treating on the life of Jesus Christ. . . During my stay in Leh, capital of Ladakh, I visited the great Convent Himis situated in the environs of the town, whose library I was informed by its Chief Lama contained certain copies of the manuscript concerned. . . Aided by my interpreter, who translated from the Thibetan language, I was enabled to carefully write down in my note book what the Lama read to me. ' Mr. Notovitch visited the Convent in 1887. The Lama of Himis told Mr. Notovitch that among the scrolls are to be found descriptions of the life and acts of the Budha ‘ I s a , who preached the holy doctrine in India and among the children of Israel (p. 121). The documents brought from India to Nepal, and from Nepal to Tibet, concerning his existence, are written in the Pali Language, and are now in Lhassa; but a copy in our language that is Thibetan exists in this convent. The author further says that the Lama 'brought me two large bound volumes with leaves yellowed by time; and from them he read to me, in the Thibetan language, the biography of Issa'. In this is written that the