the 40 years of wandering in the desert actually covered the ground from Asia to Kashmir, and that Kashmir is in fact the Promised Land. The names of approximately 350 towns and villages in Kashmir bear some resemblance to place names in the Holy Land. These include: Bandpoor (similar to Beth Peor) Naboo Hill (similar to Mount Nebo) Pishgah (similar to Mount Pisgah) Mamre (similar to Mamre) Genetics Using genome-wide genotyping and admixture detection methods, it was determined there are no significant or substantial signs of Jewish admixture, among 16 Sephardi and/or Ashkenazi Jewish populations surveyed, in modern-day Kashmiris. This does not rule out the possibility of Mizrahi Jewish admixture, which was not studied. See also Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry Theories of Pashtun origin References Israelite Kashmiri