Life of Ahmad — Page 681
as JESUS as IN INDIA 681 'Prophet Issa, blessed of God, came on this side of Sindh. When he crossed the country of the five rivers and the Radjipoutan, the devotees of the God Djaine prayed him to dwell among them. But he. . . went to Djagguernaut. . . He passed six years at Djagguernaut, at Radjagriha, at Benares, and the other holy cities…. Then he left Nepal and the Himalyan mountain. . . . . The neighbouring countries resounded with the prophecies of Issa, and when he entered Persia the priests became alarmed. ' The existence of the above Thibetan manuscript discovered by Mr. Notovitch has been confirmed by another traveller also, inspite of what Rev. J. A. Douglas wrote in the Nineteenth Century for April, 1896. The Roerich Expedition, financed by the Roerich and Corona Mundi International Art Centre, left New York in 1923, primarily to study Thibetan art and collect treasures. Professor N. Roerich, leader of the expedition, found a Buddhist manuscript about 1500 years old in the Hemis monastery, little Thibet, written in the Thibetan language. The manuscript says that Jesus as , called 'Issa' joined a caravan bound for India, where he preached to the Sudras and Vicias (see the Daily Express , London, dated May 29th, 1926). It must be pointed out here that it does not necessarily follow from the above excerpts that Jesus as did not die on the cross. There is no such indication in them. As a matter of fact Mr. Notovitch seems to be