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CHAPTER FOUR 95 those books, I think they would run into a huge tome. What I have stated, therefore, should suffice. Section Two Evidence from Buddhist History Records Let it be clear that Buddhist Scriptures have made available to us various kinds of evidence, which, when taken as a whole, show conclusively and certainly that Jesus, may peace be on him, must have visited the Punjab, Kashmir, and other places. I shall set down this evidence herein below, so that all impartial readers may first study it, and then, by arranging it as a connected account in their minds, arrive at the aforesaid conclusion on their own. Here is the evidence. First: the titles given to the Buddha are similar to the titles given to Jesus, the Messiah. Likewise, the events of the life of Buddha resemble those of the life of Jesus, the Messiah. The reference here, however, is to the Buddhism of the areas within the bound- aries of Tibet, like Leh, Lhasa, Gilgit and Hams, about which it is proved that they were places that had been visited by Jesus, the Messiah. With reference to the similarity of titles, it is enough to point out, that if, for example, Jesus, may peace be on him, calls himself the Light in his teachings, so has Gautama been called the Buddha in the Buddhist literature which in Sanskrit means 'Light. ' And Jesus, may peace be on him, has also been called the Teacher in the Gospels, so has the Buddha been called Saasta or the Teacher. Similarly, Jesus, the Messiah, has been called Blessed