Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 81
It will, therefore, be acknowledged that ethnical and historical evidence, both ancient and modern, establishes that Afghans are the descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. The same is true of the people of Kashmir, whose descent can be traced back to the tribes of Israel as has been mentioned in some of the quotations reproduced above. The Kashmiris also claim to be Bani Israel (that is, Children of Israel) and call themselves Kashar which is a Hebrew word meaning right. But let us probe further into this claim and examine what historical and other evidence is available to substantiate it. The first three early historians of Kashmir, namely Mulla Nadiri (1378-1416) in his book Tarikh Kashmir (History of Kashmire), Mulla Ahmad in his book Waqaya-i-Kashmir (Events of Kashmir), and Abdul Qadar Bin Qazi-ul-Quzat Wasil Ali Khan in his book Hashmat-i-Kashmir, have all categorically stated that the inhabitants of Kashmir were the descendants of Israel. The last mentioned author adding that they had come from the Holy Land. Apart from these three Muslim historians of Kashmir, Hindu scholars like Pandit Narain Kaul in his book Guldasta-i-Kashmir and Pandit Ram Chand Kak in his work Ancient Monument of Kashmir describe Kashmiris as being of Jewish countenance and descent. Pandit Jawaher Lal Nehru, ex-Prime Minister of India and an eminent scholar of history in his book Glimpses of World History writes: All over Central Asia, in Kashmir and Laddakh and Tibet and even farther North, there is still a strong belief that Jesus or Isa travelled about there. Francis Bernier (a courtier at the Court of Emperor Aurang Zeb) states that the inhabitants of Kashmir struck him as resembling 73