Acts of Apostle Thomas

II AD 30 - 40 PARTHIAN MISSION APOSTLE THOMAS IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN
Alexander’s Empire covered most of the Parthian area. After the death of Alexander Taxila was
taken over by Gondaphorus and the Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established.
In 2010, Amir Mizroch in the Jerusalem Post referred to the theory that even Pashtuns in Afghanistan and
Pakistan could be descending from the lost tribe of Efraim. Shahnaz Ali, a senior research fellow at the
Indian National Institute of Immunohaematology in Mumbai, has started studying the blood samples that
she collected from Afridi Pathans in Malihabad, in the Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh, India, to check
their putative Israelite origin.
It is evident that almost all Apsotles went to Jews in dispersion and established the first churches among the
Jews. This is true in the case of Thomas also.
Religion during the Parthian era (ca.129 BC-224 AD)
http://www.angelfire.com/nt/Gilgamesh/parthian.html
“The Parthians left the local administrations and rulers intact when they conquered Mesopotamia.
According to Pliny the Elder (Natural History VI. 112) the Parthian empire consisted of 18
kingdoms, 11 of which were called the upper kingdoms (or satrapies), while 7 were called lower
kingdoms, meaning that they were located on the plains of Mesopotamia. The centre of the lower
kingdoms was ancient Babylonia, called Beth Aramaye in Aramaic, and it was governed directly
by the Parthian ruler…..
“During the Parthian occupation the ancient religion and cults of Mesopotamia came to an end and
were replaced by mixed Hellenic and Oriental mystery religions and Iranian cults. Local Semitic
cults of Bel, Allat, and other deities flourished alongside temples dedicated to Greek gods such as
Apollo. The sun deity Shamash was worshiped at Hatra and elsewhere, but the henotheism of the
ancient Middle East was giving way to acceptance of Universalist religions (Gnosticism)….
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