Parsi
The Zoroastrian community of India, descended from the early medieval migration from Iran to Gujarat.
Under: Zoroastrianism (tradition)
History of Worldviews
- Parsi migration to Gujarat; c. 785
- Akbar's toleration edict; 1578
- Parsi-British encounters; 1670s-1680s
- Kadmi-Shenshai calendar split; 1740s
- Parsi prominence in colonial India; 19th century
- Fasli calendar introduced; 1906
- Demographic decline; 2000s