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Salivahana is traditionally credited with having inaugurated the present Hindu era, which begins in A. D. 78; but here he is said to have defeated the Romans and the Chinese-successes which might be claimed for a Kushan ruler, but not for any king of India proper. . If St. Thomas, whose tomb is shown at Mylapore (Madras), also in Malabar and (perhaps) in Ceylon, made peregrinations to these regions, his teacher may well have travelled too; but to accept A. D. 78 as Salivahna's date would make Jesus over 80 years old at the supposed meeting. (Jesus in Rome, by Robert Graves and Joshoa Podro-London 1957: pp. 76-77). (xi) When India was under Buddhist supremacy every saint who came after Buddha was included in the Buddhist Pantheon. . Jesus came to India in search of the lost sheep of Israel performing the function of the scriptural shepherd. † Therefore, he came to be called Asaf or Gatherer. The Buddhists confused this with Buddhisattva and changed Joshua Asaf to. Budasaf. The common people began to call him Yuz Asaf,. The Book of Yuz Asaf was compiled in the medieval period. . This compilation was a pure Buddhist legend. At the end of the Book, however, we have mention of ancient Indian tradition which describe Yuz Asaf as prophet belonging to the ancient times, a prophet who came from somewhere outside. India, travelled to places in India but eventually settled in. Kashmir where he died and remains buried. . To make all this clear, we quote from the conclusion of the. Bombay Arabic edition of the 'Book of Balauhar and Budasaf” (Yuz Asaf) pp. 285-6, corresponding to pp. 182-3 of Rosen's translation:―. And he reached Kashmir, and this was the most remote place in which he ministered, and there the end of his life overtook him. And he left the world, bequeathing his heritage to a certain disciple, Ababid by name, who served him and accompanied him; he was a man perfect in all his doings. And he exhorted him and said to him: I have discovered and cherished and adorned a shrine and set therein lamps for the departed; I have gathered together the flock of the true faith which was scattered and to which I was sent. † Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:23-37; John: 10:11-16. 142