What evidence is there that Jesus (as) went to Kashmir and is buried there?

There is no final proof, but many clues fit together. Jesus (as) survived the cross and had promised to seek the lost tribes of Israel, who lived in Afghanistan and Kashmir, and the Holy Qur’an speaks of his refuge on an elevated land with springs.

First, a question of who must prove what. That a person lives, dies and is buried somewhere is ordinary and needs no special proof. But whoever says that a man rose bodily into heaven and has lived there for two thousand years is making a very unusual claim and must support it. The verse above shows that a Messenger of God is a human being and does not ascend bodily into heaven.

Jesus (as) had said that he was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Yet ten of the twelve tribes of Israel had moved east long before his time. Some researchers see descendants of these tribes among peoples of Afghanistan and Kashmir. Jesus (as) was a truthful man. Once God had saved him from death on the cross, it is only natural that he kept his promise and went to look for these tribes.

In Kashmir there are several clues. Old Hindu chronicles mention such a prophet. In Srinagar there is a tomb that lies in an east to west direction, unlike Muslim graves. And the landscape, with its hills, green valleys and springs, matches the description in the Holy Qur’an.

Still, one should be honest. Even for the life of Jesus (as) in Palestine there are very few contemporary records outside the Bible. Research on Kashmir is not finished, and a Muslim’s faith does not depend on a grave. What matters is that Jesus (as), like all prophets, was a human being who fulfilled his mission and died a natural death.