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back to them again. He exhorted them to stay in Jerusalem. He did return for a while but migrated again, this time for ever. His special mission in fact was to reach the nine and a half tribes of. Israel who had become lost among the people of the east. . The lost sheep of Israel had to be traced. They had travelled from Babylon to Iran, Afghanistan, North-West India and to. Kashmir and Kashghar. They had become dispersed and were now living in far flung places. Jesus entered Iran from Babylon. . On the way he stopped in Herat and from Herat he made his way into Afghanistan. He passed through the Khyber Pass and entered Gandhara Valley. He roamed over places around Taxila and over the Punjab, entered Kashmir and went as far as Ladakh,. Tibet and Nepal. There were Israelite pockets, spread over the north-west of India. Jesus reached all of them and did whatever he could to have them settled properly. Gondaphorus, the Parthian king and the king of the Sakas, honoured Jesus one after the other and made obeisance to him. The result of all this was that the political climate became congenial for Jesus and the. Israelites. Plans were thought out for their settlement. This work of settlement was completed under the care and leadership of. Jesus himself. The people of Israel began to prosper. They became more settled, and gathered from all directions in the valley of. Kashmir, which had been chosen for them. . In short, Jesus Christ spent 80 years of his life in the Northwest of India. He travelled extensively about and lived to 125 years, twice the age of the Holy Prophet of Islam (on whom be peace and blessings of Allah). . Before closing, it appears necessary to deal with an important question which runs like this:. The ministry of Jesus Christ in Palestine lasted only a few years with the result that Christianity made such swift progress that there are 800 million Christians in the world today. We can trace them up to their earliest days. Ever since the time of the catacombs up to this day, hundreds of thousands of historical proofs show that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) spent only two or three years in Palestine where he preached his message. The fruits of his brief ministry in Palestine are before us all. On the other hand, Jesus Christ left almost no trace of his work in the. North-western part of India despite the fact that he spent more or less 80 years of his life there. . What is the explanation of this seeming contradiction? 147