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About The Book : India in Primitive Christianity by Arthur Lillie What are the links between Buddhism and early Christianity The first edition of this work, issued in 1893. The astonishing points of contact between the popular legend of Buddha and that of Christ, the almost absolute similarity of the moral lessons given to the world, at five centuries’ interval, between these two peerless teachers of the human race, the striking affinities between the customs of the Buddhists and of the Essenes, of whom Christ must have been a disciple, suggest at once an Indian origin to Primitive Christianity. About The Author : Arthur Lillie (1831-1911) was a Buddhist, soldier in the British Indian Army, and a writer. His books on religion were poorly received by scholars. Lillie appears to have written the original rule book for a Scottish croquet tournament. Arthur Lillie also took an enthusiastic interest in Gospel of the Hebrews. He was critical of the claims of Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. He believed that Blavatsky had faked the Mahatma letters and was a plagiarist. Lillie became a landscape painter and joined the Suffolk painters.