Their are sufficient evidences to prove that the Jesus Christ, known to muslims and the people of east as Isa Masih, did not die on cross. Christians widely believe that he was killed the same day but New Testament records that  his deciples found him on their way and didn't allow him to leave them, he then stayed with them and had dinner. "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is myself; handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have, he took from them boiled fish and a piece of honeycomb and ate them in their presence" (New Testament; Luke 24-39). This clearly points to the fact that Jesus survived the cross, moreover muslims regard him as a prophet and  Quran dismisses the idea of Jesus dying on the cross "The Jews neither murdered Jesus, not did they kill him on the Cross; no, they only suspected that Jesus had died on the Cross; they did not have proof which could have convinced and satisfied them that Jesus (on whom be peace) had really died on the Cross" (Quran; 4-157). Prophet muhammed is recorded to have said that Jesus'  life was 120 years and not 33 years when he was put to cross. Islamic sources also describe Jesus as a 'great traveller' and sometimes 'the leader of the travellers' thus proving that he travelled a lot and that too, after being put to cross. It is believed that Jesus after surviving the Crucification left Jerusalam and travelled to east in search of  the '10 lost tribes of Isreal' 

He travelled to Syria, Persia, Afghanistan and then to India and Tibet. He found on his way the 'Bani Isreal' tribe of Hazara, the people of jewish origin who had converted to Buddhism, he found similar sorts of people in Kashmir. Their is a famous tomb in Gilgit Dist. of Kashmir called grave of Yuz Asaf, an adjective of Jesus, or Isa. A text from Hindu scripture Bhavishya Puran very clearly mentions that  the king asked the holy man who he was and holyman fair skinned and wearing white clothes replied  "... ishputram ch ma, vidhi kumarigarbh sambhavam ......... isha masih ch mam nam pratishtham" 'I am called a son of God, born of a virgin........ I was called Isa-Masih.

In 1894 Nicolas Notovitch published a book called 'The Unknown Life of Christ'. During one of his jouneys he visited Leh, Notovitch learned, while he was there, that there existed ancient records of the life of Jesus Christ called Isa their. In the course of his visit at the great convent, he located a Tibetan translation of the Document and carefully noted in his diary over two hundred verses from the curious document known as "The Life of Sant Isa"

When he returned to the western world there was much controversy as to the authenticity of the document. It was obvious as anything against the established theories and perceptions of christians, or of people of any faith for that matter, is always rediculed and rejected. In his defense he called for a scientific expedition to prove that original tibetan documents existed. One of his skeptics was Swami Abhedananda. Abhedananda travelled to same location to expose the false hood. His book of travels, entitled 'Kashmir O Tibetti', tells of a visit to the Himis gonpa and includes a Bengali translation of two hundred twenty-four verses essentially the same as the Notovitch text. Abhedananda was thereby convinced of the authenticity of the Isa documents. Furthermore their are so many similarities in adjectives, lives and teachings of Jesus and the Buddha that one can easily say that those buddhist documents which were written during and after 1st centuary A.D were highly influenced by what they heard from their Isa during his travel to India.

It is a possiblity that Jesus returned from Tibet and visited India extensively to finally settle in Kashmir where he had followers among the lost tribes of Isreal and may be from other races.

Yasser Iqbal Kidwai