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was still alive, and quickly went to Pilate to request the body, taking it
back to his own tomb. There was a secret second entrance, and it was
through here that his friends were able to bring the herbs and salves
necessary to provide medical treatment. In three days he was strong
enough to walk. After a few appearances to his disciples, he went to
Syria, then to India, and the area now known as West Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and the Himalayas, where he continued to teach. He
married and had children, and it was believed that he died at the age
of, between 110-115 years old, in Anzimar in Khanyar Srinagar, which
is located in Kashmir, India. These scrolls were in the possession of
his first born son, who returned to Jerusalem, and hid them in the
burial cave of Joseph of Arimathea where Jesus had been taken.
The ‘sacred tomb in Kashmir’ is the burial site of a man known as Yazu
Asaph (also written as Yuz Asaf), who was known as a prophet. He
came to this valley about 2000 years ago from Egypt, teaching the
same things as Jesus. Located in a small, rectangular brick and wood
structure, he is buried in a wooden sepulcher which contains an inner
wooden sarcophagus that is covered with a sacred shroud, and a
rectangular stone slab.
The structure seems to be built over an ancient stone structure which
actually contains the remains of Asaph. A tiny opening allows you to
see into the crypt below the floor, and into the burial chamber.
Inside the shrine is a smaller tombstone, which is that of an Islamic
saint Syed Nasir-ud Din, who was buried there in the 15th century.
Both tombstones are aligned north-to-south, following Islamic custom,
but the sarcophagus in the crypt below containing Asaph’s remains
are aligned east-to-west, which is a Jewish custom.
Chiseled on a stone slab are the impressions of his two feet which
bear the traces of crucifixion wounds, conceivably of the man who is
buried there. The nature of the wounds indicate that the man was
crucified with the left foot over the right, with one nail going through
both feet– which matches the pattern of the figure on the Shroud of
Turin, which is purported to be the burial cloth of Jesus.
It is also believed that Mary, the mother of Jesus, accompanied Jesus
and Mary Magdalene to India. She died when she was 70 years old,