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Shulim or Nikolai Aleksandrovich Notovich, known in the West as Nicolas Notovitch (1858-after 1916) was a Crimean Jewish adventurer who claimed to be a Russian aristocrat, spy and journalist. Notovitch is known for his 1894 book claiming that during his unknown years, Jesus left Galilee for India and studied with Buddhists and Hindus there before returning to Judea. Notovitch's claim was based on a document he said he had seen at the Hemis Monastery while he stayed there, but he later confessed to having fabricated his evidence. Some modern scholars view Notovitch's accounts of the travels of Jesus to India as a hoax which includes major inconsistencies. Notovitch also wrote some political books on the role of Russia in war.
Throughout ancient and biblical texts there is no record of Jesus or his whereabouts between the ages of twelve up to thirty, when his ministry began. These are known as the lost years of Jesus. This book claims to reveal those lost years. The author, a Russian journalist and war correspondent, claimed to have found these important manuscripts during his travels through Kashmir and Ladakh in 1894, in a monastery in Tibet. He has reproduced them here, in this book. After publication it was met with wide public acceptance, as well as being refuted by famed Orientalist Max Muller, who attempted to verify the author's claims without success. Today, the mainstream belief is that it is a hoax; however, a number of lengthy supporting documents can be found on the web that attacks the criticism, point by point. We invite you to read this interesting book and other related documents so that you may form an educated opinion of your own.
The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery
Ancient scrolls reveal that Jesus spent seventeen years in India and Tibet From age thirteen to age twenty-nine, he was both a student and teacher of Buddhist and Hindu holy men The story of his journey from Jerusalem to Benares was recorded by Brahman historians Today they still know him and love him as St. Issa. Their 'buddha' Notovitch In 1894 Nicolas Notovitch published a book called The Unknown Life of Christ. He was a Russian doctor who journeyed extensively throughout Afghanistan, India, and Tibet. Notovitch journeyed through the lovely passes of Bolan, over the Punjab, down into the arid rocky land of Ladak, and into the majestic Vale of Kashmir of the Himalayas. During one of his jouneys he was visiting Leh, the capital of Ladak, near where the buddhist convent Himis is. He had an accident that resulted in his leg being broken. This gave him the unscheduled opportunity to stay awhile at the Himis convent.
After the Turkish War (1877-1878) I made a series of travels in the Orient. From the little remarkable Balkan peninsula, I went across the Caucasus to Central Asia and Persia, and finally, in 1887, visited India, an admirable country which had attracted me from my earliest childhood. My purpose in this journey was to study and know, at home, the peoples who inhabit India and their customs, the grand and mysterious archæology, and the colossal and majestic nature of their country. Wandering about without fixed plans, from one place to another, I came to mountainous Afghanistan, whence I regained India by way of the picturesque passes of Bolan and Guernaï. Then, going up the Indus to Raval P...
After the Turkish War (1877-1878) I made a series of travels in the Orient. From the little remarkable Balkan peninsula, I went across the Caucasus to Central Asia and Persia, and finally, in 1887, visited India, an admirable country which had attracted me from my earliest childhood. My purpose in this journey was to study and know, at home, the peoples who inhabit India and their customs, the grand and mysterious arch�ology, and the colossal and majestic nature of their country. Wandering about without fixed plans, from one place to another, I came to mountainous Afghanistan, whence I regained India by way of the picturesque passes of Bolan and Guerna�. Then, going up the Indus to Raval Pindi, I ran over the Pendjab-the land of the five rivers; visited the Golden Temple of Amritsa-the tomb of the King of Pendjab, Randjid Singh, near Lahore; and turned toward Kachmyr, "The Valley of Eternal Bliss." Thence I directed my peregrinations as my curiosity impelled me, until I arrived in Ladak, whence I intended returning to Russia by way of Karakoroum and Chinese Turkestan.
Nicolas Notovitch was a Russian aristocrat Cossack officer spy and journalist known for his contention that during the years of Jesus Christ's life missing from the Bible he followed traveling merchants abroad into India and the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh Nepal where he studied Buddhism. While recovering from a broken leg at the at the monastery of Himis Notovich discovered the text to The Life of Issa and realized that it recounted the lost years of Jesus. This controversial book shows where many of Jesus' beliefs comes from while at the same time showing that Jesus was already well on his way to his fundamental beliefs at a very young age.
Amazing discovery in a Buddhist temple - a new life of Christ. In it he spends many years studying the Buddhist scriptures before returning before his death, a pioneer, to bring the insights of ancient India to the west and to deliver sermons filled with Buddhist inspiration. CALLENDER SACRED TXETS