Jesus Christ - a chronology of God on Earth

Jesus Christ / God: Chronology | Jesus in England | Jesus in India | Life of St Issa | Reincarnation |

God & man

The historical figure of Jesus Christ is nothing less than controversial. To Christians, Christ is God; to Muslims Christ is a mere prophet; to atheists, nobody in particular; and to some, Christ never actually existed, but is a pure fiction. The present writer believes in the first belief - that Christ is nothing less than God, the creator of the Universe - an immortal, intelligent entity of infinite power, infinite ability and infinite existence. As such, the following chronology of the period in which Jesus Christ existed on planet Earth is compiled according to available accounts. It attempts to explain the various events as reported on, or held as beliefs. It therefore reveals events in the life of both God and a human man - two persons in one physical body, much as Jesus Christ is part of the Blessed Trinity - referred to by humans as Father, Son (Logos) and Holy Spirit.

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Chronology

0AD

* Jesus is born in Bethlehem. His mother Mary and father Joseph are members of the Jewish Essene sect. Three Wise Men from the East attend the family within the first two years, having become aware of the significance of the birth, in a manner similar to the process of identification of a reborn Tibetan Dalai Lama. It is suggested that subsequent to his birth, a close watch was kept upon his upbringing and time as a child by people from the East.

12AD

* At the age of 12 Jesus appears in a temple in Jerusalem and lectures to the priests. This points to his advanced spiritual development by that age and likely tutoring prior to this. As the Son of God, such development is to be expected. It did not suddenly appear when the accounts of his later life are presented in the Gospels of the New Testament.

14AD

* Following public pressure to marry, and opposition arising out of his exposure, Jesus is secreted away from Palestine to the East to continue his studies and teaching. He remains there for approximately sixteen years and is most commonly known by the name Issa.

16-22 AD

* Jesus studies and works in India amongst the poor and in and around Jagannath.

22-27AD  

* Jesus studies Buddhism in Nepal and at Lhasa, Tibet.

27AD

* Jesus leaves India and begins to travel back to Palestine through Persia.

29AD

* Whilst returning to Judea from the East, Jesus rests near a pool in Kabul, Afghanistan.

30AD  

* Jesus returns to Palestine from the East. He commences preaching there and this is later recorded and preserved in edited form within the New Testament of the Bible.

* * Life of St Issa - The Best of the Sons of Men is recorded. This is the earliest record of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The surviving record includes two manuscripts in Tibetan translated from the original Pali. Copies are located in Hemis Monastery, Leh, Ladakh, India, based on originals once held in the Dalai Lama's Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet. The account was taken from travelling Indian merchants shortly after the crucifixion circa 30AD. Elements of the manuscripts were first transcribed and published in English by Nicholas Notovitch following his discovery of them at Hemis during 1887. That text comprises 244 paragraphs in 14 chapters, arranged by Notovitch in a roughly chronological order from the dispersed original manuscripts. A copy is reproduced here. 

32AD 

* Jesus is crucified. Following his Resurrection / recovery he escapes to India with a small group of family and friends, including his mother Mary, wife / partner Mary Magdalene and brother Thomas.

33AD

* Jesus takes up residence in Kashmir, where he is known as Yus Assaf / Youza Asaf, meaning 'Leader of the Healed ' or 'The Shepherd'. 

78AD

* King Kanishka of Kashmir issues a coin in association with the 4th Buddhist Council. It shows both Jesus (Youza Asaf) and Buddha as equivalents.

* King Raja Shalewahin visits the Himalayas where he comes across a dignified saintly looking person of fair complexion wearing white robes. Shalewahin asked him who he is. He replies: "Know me as the son of God (Ishputram) and born of a virgin. I am the preacher of the Mlechchh religion and a follower of the true principles." On being asked what his religion was, he said: "Rajan, on the disappearance of truth and the destruction of traditions, I appeared there, and through my work the wicked and the guilty suffered, and in turn, I also suffered at their hands." When again asked to further explain his religion, he said: "It is love, truth and purity of heart, and for this I am called 'Isa-Maseeh' (Jesus Christ)." The king returned after making his obeisance to him. (Vedvyas 115AD, Dixit 1985)

c. 87AD

* Acts of Thomas / Gospel of Thomas, manuscript in Syriac, circulating prior to 240AD (Wikipedia). Apocryphal gospel account of preaching in India by the apostle Thomas and the teaching of Jesus Christ. This may have been a rewriting of The Life of Saint Issa, or an account by Jesus himself.

121AD  

* Jesus meets King Salivahana near Srinagar, Kashmir. This encounter is recorded in the Bhavishya Mahapurana, the 9th book of the Hindu Paranas.

125AD

* Jesus dies in India. His body is placed in a tomb in Kashmir.

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References

All the following references make mention of the life of Jesus Christ in various parts of the world. 

Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam, Jesus in India, Qadian, Panjar, India, 20 November 1908. 

-----, An important discovery regarding Jesus Christ, The Review of Religions, 1902-3. 

-----, Jesus in Heaven and Earth, 1951. 

Al-Shaikh Al-Said-us-Sadiq Abi Jaffar Muhammad Ibn-i-Ali Ibn-i-Hussain Ibn-i-Musa Ibn-i-Baibuyah al-Qummi, Ikmal-ud-Din, Kamal-ud Din wa Tmam-un Nimat fi Asbat-ul-Ghaibat wa Kashf-ul-Hairet, Syed-us-Sanad Press, Iran, 1782, 357.

Bhavishya Maha Purana, the 9th book of the Hindu Paranas, circa 150AD.  

Dixit, D.K., Did Jesus Die in Kashmir?, The Review of Religions, 7 December 1985.  

Grönbold, Günter, Jesus in Indien: Das Ende einer Legende [Jesus in India - The End of a Legend], Munich, 1985. 

Hagopian, Arthur, The Gospel of the Thirteenth Apostle - Jesus in India, Vantage Press, New York, 1981, 222p. 

Hervey, Mrs Juliana, The Adventures of a Lady in Tartary, China and Kashmir, volume II, p.136.  

Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, Kanz-al-Ummal [Treasures of the Doers of Good Deeds], 1472-1567. 

Khawand, Mir Muhammad Bin, Rauzat-us-safat, Persia, 1417. 

Klatt, Norbert, Lebte Jesus in Indien? [Did Jesus Live in India?], 1988. 

Maharshi Vedvyas, Bhavishya Mahapurana, 115AD. 

Merrick, Lady Henrietta, In the Attic of the World, 1931. 

Mufti Sadiq, The Grave of Jesus, 1936. 

Muller, F. Max, The Alleged Sojurn of Christ in India, The Nineteenth Century, 36, July-December 1894, 515-522. 

Notovitch, Nicholas, The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ / The Life of Saint Issa: The lost years of Jesus Christ in India and the East, Paris, 1890.  

Pappas, Paul C., Jesus' Tomb in India: Debate on His Death and Resurrection, Jain Publishing Co., 1991, 200p. 

Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ [The garden of purity in the biography of the prophets and kings and caliphs], 8 volumes, Persia, 1497. 

Roerich, Nicholas, Heart of Asia, 1929. 

Shams, Maulana Jalauddin, Where Did Jesus Die?, 1959. 

Sheikh Al-Sa’id-us-Saliq, Ikmal-ud-Din, circa 960AD. 

Swami Abhedananda, Journey into Kashmir and Tibet, rendered into English by Ansupati Dasgupta and Kunja Bihari Kundu, 1922. 

The Lost Years of Jesus, between the age of 12 and 30, Awakening Wisdom, YouTube, 17 September 2024, duration: 21.33 minutes.

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Jesus Christ / God: Chronology | Jesus in England | Jesus in India | Life of St Issa | Reincarnation | 

Last updated: 19 April 2026

Michael Organ, Australia