Parsis, the Zoroastrians of India
Author : Sooni Taraporevala
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Sooni Taraporevala
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : John Hinnells
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134067526
The Parsis are India's smallest minority community, yet they have exercised a huge influence on the country. This book, written by notable experts in the field, explores various key aspects of the Parsis, spanning the time from their arrival in India to the twenty-first century.
Author : Jesse S. Palsetia
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004121140
"The Parsis of India" examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis' history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city. Ample attention is given to the Parsis' evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook. Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British "colonialism," Indian society and history, and, last but not least, "Zoroastrianism," this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.
Author : Tanya M. Luhrmann
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674356764
During the Raj, one group stands out as having prospered because of British rule: the Parsis. The Zoroastrian people adopted the manners, dress, and aspirations of their British colonizers, and were rewarded with high-level financial, mercantile, and bureaucratic posts. Indian independence, however, ushered in their decline.
Author : Karaka
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 25,45 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Parsees
ISBN :
Author : Delphine Menant
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,7 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Parsees
ISBN :
Author : Jenny Rose
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 29,69 MB
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 3030252051
A few years after the American declaration of independence, the first American ships set sail to India. The commercial links that American merchant mariners established with the Parsis of Bombay contributed significantly to the material and intellectual culture of the early Republic in ways that have not been explored until now. This book maps the circulation of goods, capital and ideas between Bombay Parsis and their contemporaries in the northeastern United States, uncovering a surprising range of cultural interaction. Just as goods and gifts from the Zoroastrians of India quickly became an integral part of popular culture along the eastern seaboard of the U.S., so their newly translated religious texts had a considerable impact on American thought. Using a wealth of previously unpublished primary sources, this work presents the narrative of American-Parsi encounters within the broader context of developing global trade and knowledge.
Author : Nawaz B. Mody
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN :
The Volume Is Collection Of Papers Presented At The Seminar `The Contribution Of The Parsi Community To Western India Between 1818 To 1920. The Seminar Attempted To Make An Assessment Of The Contribution Made By The Parsis In Some Selected Areas.
Author : Jesse Palsetia
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9004491279
The Parsis of India examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis’ history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city. Ample attention is given to the Parsis’ evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook. Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British colonialism, Indian society and history, and, last but not least, Zoroastrianism, this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.
Author : Dosabhai Framji Karaka
Publisher : Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN :