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(x) The question now arises, do we have any mention in any of the ancient Indian books of the coming of Jesus to India and his travels in this country? If Jesus really travelled to. India, somewhere in ancient Indian books we should have hints of his travels. Eighty years is not a short span of time and yet it is said that the travels of Jesus in the North-west of India and Kashmir occupied him for 80 long years. . If few or no hints whatever are to be found in ancient Indian literature, we have an explanation. Indian writers and intellectuals entertained a deep prejudice against all foreigners. Alexander the Great came to India according to all agreed accounts. Yet we have no mention of his coming in the ancient Indian books. . Indian historians are agreed that before the advent of the Muslim Power in India, India possessed no systematic history. ¹. There is a book named RAJA TARANGINI which is a history of Kashmir composed in Sanskirit verse by Kalhana. It was composed in the twelfth century. In the entire Sanskrit literature this is the one and only book which could be called a book of history. This book not only contains many legendary accounts handed down from ancient times, but also some historical material. Modern scholars have to work hard to reduce this source to a reliable historical narrative. . An interesting feature is that in Raja Tarangini of Kalhana we have a description of a man of God who wrought miracles similar to those of Jesus. His name is said to be Isana. He is credited with saving a Minister--Vazeer-from death on the cross and restoring him to life. This Minister subsequently became the ruler of Kashmir. His rule lasted for 47 years. According to Kalhana, the last Reformer in Kashmir, was this man of God Isana. . In point of time he is said to belong to the first century A. D. It seems very probable indeed that the life events and episodes attributed to Isana are the life events and episodes of the life of Isa, otherwise Jesus. . The ancient books of the Hindus are called Puranas. These are 18 in number. The 9th Purana is called Bhavishya Maha. Purana. This Purana has been handed down from generation to generation among the Hindus. True, like other ancient books, it has undergone changes, additions, interpolations. The additions made after the fifth century A. D. contain accounts of the coming of Jesus to India. The descriptions are pretty clear. In the Purana, 1 Vincent Arthur Smith: The Early History of India. 140