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| Picture No | 10183725 |
| Date | 7th/8th centuries |
| Description | PARSEE TOWER OF SILENCE |
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The Parsees (= Persians) (worshippers of Zoroaster) flee Muslim persecution in Persia and settle in India ; their dead are exposed naked on these 'Towers of Silence'.
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| Source | Liebig card by an unnamed artist published in 1939 (History of India series) |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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