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Title: The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ
The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery

Author: Nicolas Notovitch

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Language: English

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THE UNKNOWN LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST

The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery

by

NICOLAS NOTOVITCH

Translated by J. H. Connelly and L. Landsberg

Printed in the United States of America

New York: R.F. Fenno. 1890.

Table of Contents

_Preface_ vi

_A Journey in Thibet_ 1

_Ladak_ 33

_A Festival in a Gonpa_ 45

_The Life of Saint Issa_ 61

_Resume_ 89

_Explanatory Notes_ 117

Preface

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 archaeology, 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 Guernai. 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