Nicolas NotovitchNicolas Notovitch (1858-c.1916) was a Russian traveller, journalist, and writer who became widely known for his account of a journey through Central Asia and the Himalayan region in the late nineteenth century. During his travels he reported visitingmonasteries in Tibet and Ladakh, where he claimed to have encountered manuscripts describing the early life of Jesus.His book The Unknown Life of Jesus attracted considerable international attention after its publication, as it presented an unusual narrative suggesting that Jesus may have travelled through India and neighbouring regions during the years not described in the New Testament.The work quickly became the subject of scholarly debate and remains one of the most widely discussed texts connected with alternative traditions about the life of Jesus and nineteenth-century Western interest in Eastern religious traditions. Read More Read Less