Jesus In India — Page 62
62 J e s u s i n I n d i a Srinagar. That the word Sri (Skull) should occur in the names of both the places is a strange coincidence indeed. The place where Jesus was crucified was called Gilgit (Golgotha) or Sri (Skull) , and the place where in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the tomb of Jesus has been discovered is also called Gilgit , or Sri. It appears that the place called Gilgit, Kashmir, also suggests the term Sri. This town was probably founded in the time of Jesus, and as a local memorial to the crucifixion, it was named Gilgit, or Sri ; similarly Lhasa, which means the ‘city of one worthy of worship’; is of Hebrew origin, and Lhasa too was founded in the time of Jesus. Reliable reports in the Ahadith show that the Holy Prophet sa said that Jesus lived to an advanced age of 125. Besides, all the sects of Islam believe that Jesus had two unique characteristics as are not to be found in any other prophet: i. He lived to the ripe old age of 125 years. ii. He extensively travelled in many parts of the world and was therefore called the ‘ travelling prophet ’. It is evident that had he been raised to the skies at 33, the report that he lived for 125 years could not be true, nor could he have managed to travel so widely when he was a mere 33. Not only is this report found in the old and reliable collections of Ahadith , it is not possible to think of a report which is more widely known and so consistently accepted among all the sects of Islam. Kanz-ul-Ummal , which is a comprehensive collection of Ahadith , contains this Hadith, in volume 2 page 34, from Abu Huraira rz :