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of the Church of Rome were to be burnt without pity. (p. 67). Nag Hammadi texts too reveal a tragic situation. Writing on this, the famous weekly 'Time' says in its issue of 9. 6. 1975: The Nag Hammadi texts were packed away 16 centuries ago, perhaps to protect them from book-burning Christian opponents. It is indeed a miracle that in spite of this continued and organised destruction and distortion of history, there should still remain a fragment here and a fragment there, even long and authentic Scrolls and Documents, which more than prove that truth will come out and that Jesus did not die on the cross. (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. 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 Vincent Arthur Smith: The Early History of India 8 184