Life of Ahmad — Page 675
as JESUS as IN INDIA 675 Kushan Kings on the coins of the first century A. D. , and it is certainly not confined to the Afghans but widely spread among races of the country as well as among the Baloces and in the N. W. Punjab and Kashmir. ' (p. 149) Again it says: 'Many modern writers such as Bellew, Yule, Holditch and to some extent Raverty advocate the theory of Hebrew descent of the Afghans'. (p. 150) As Jesus as was sent unto the whole house of Israel and they were not all to be found in Palestine, therefore, when he saw that it was not possible for him after the Crucifixion to carry on his work there he naturally made up his mind to approach the 'other sheep' of the house of Israel who should hear his voice. There was no alternative left for him but to leave Palestine and travel to the East Persia, India, Afghanistan and Kashmir, where the dispersed Israelites had settled. Jesus as had exhorted his disciples also in the same way. He said: 'Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel'. (Matth. 10:5, 6) Therefore we find that some of his disciples also came out to the East. John and Philip preached in Asia Minor, Andrew came to Lesser Asia—Tradition affirms that Bartholomew 'penetrated as far as India preaching the Gospel. ' (See Biblical Cyclopaedia