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Introduction
- Legend of the Grain of Wisdom
- Overview-Simplified »
- Overview-Expanded »
- Zarathushtra / Zoroaster
- Einstein & Zoroastrianism on God
- Zoroastrian Ethics by MA Buch (pdf)
- Olympic Flame & Zoroastrianism
- Western Views & Zoroastrianism »
  - Post Classical Western Authors
  - Western Views on Aryans
- Friedrich Nietzsche & Zoroastrianism »
- Zoroastrian Sects »
- Demographics. Group Names »
  - Demographics. Group Names
  - Patel - Demographic Crisis (pdf)
- Map Gallery
- Food, Nutrition & Culture »
- Art & Music »
  - Western Composers & Zoroastrianism
  - Avestan Calligraphy video
- Astrology (Bundahishn) (pdf)
- Fire of Spring - Omar Khayyam
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Heritage
- Trade »
- Boteh (Paisley)
- Termeh - Silk & Wool
- Gara Sari
- Kareez (Qanat) Water Distribution
- Irani Cafes & Bakeries
- Indian Parsees & Iranis - Old Photos
- Persian Gardens
- Sace / Ses Ceremonial Tray
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Early History
- Prehistory »
  - Dawn of History - Early Peoples
  - Cave Dwellings of Old Iran
  - Cave Dwelling of Shanidar
  - Prehistoric Sites - Iran & Environs
  - Jiroft - Historical Site
  - Nisaya (Nisa). Anau
- Aryans »
  - Who Were the Aryans?
  - Aryan Prehistory
  - Aryan Legendary History
  - Aryan Religions & Wars
  - Aryan Homeland in Scripture
  - Aryan Trade
  - Aryan Homeland Location
  - Western Views on Aryans
- Pamirs »
  - Pamir Badakhshan Region
  - Pamiri Houses
  - Pamiri Historical Sites
- Turan & Sugd (Sogdiana) »
  - Turan
  - Sogdian Trade. Silk Roads. China
  - Sugd (Uzbekistan)
  - Sugd (Tajikistan)
- Mouru (Margiana) »
  - Gonur
  - Merv
- Bakhdhi (Bactria) »
  - Overview
  - Balkh City
  - Ai Khanum
  - Sheberghan & Yemshi Tepe
  - Talayeh Tepe / Tillya Tepe
  - Dashly
- Nisaya-Parthava (Parthia) »
  - Nisaya (Nisa). Anau
  - Parthava (Parthia)
  - Parthava Region & People
  - Historical Milestones
  - Historical Places
- Haroyu (Aria)
- Urvam-Khvarizem (Chorasmia) »
  - Location. Saka. Turks
  - Dakhma & Kalas
  - Ayaz Kalas
  - Fire Temples & Kalas
- Vehrkana-Varkana (Hyrcania) »
  - Vehrkana-Varkana (Hyrcania)
  - Gorgan Wall
- Saka. Fergana, Scythia, Turks »
  - Saka, Pathia, Dahi, Sistan, Scythia
  - Nomads, Predators, Paraetaceni
  - Tigrakhauda, Haumavarga, Fergana, Women
  - Paradarya, Turks, Turan
- Dahi (Dahistan)
- Far Eastern Lands »
  - Tashkurgan, Khotan, Tochari
  - Phryni & Seres
  - Kushan
  - Chionites
  - Heptalon / Hephthalite
  - Sogdian Trade. Silk Roads. China
- Ranghaya Mitanni Hatti/Kurdistan »
  - Ranghaya / Kurdistan
  - Mitanni
  - Hatti / Hittites
  - Mitanni Hittite Treaty
  - Temple Ruins at Ani, Turkey
  - Kurdistan
- Urmia, Azerbaijan, Kandovan »
  - Azerbaijan, Urmia, N.Zagros
  - Azargoshasb Temple Site
  - Temple at Surakhani, Azerbaijan
  - Kandovan Cave Village Introduction
  - Kandovan Cave Village Photo Tour
- Zagros, Parsua, Kassites, Kurds »
  - Zagros, Parsua
  - Kassites
- Mada (Media)
- Parsa (Persia Cyrus Darius) »
  - Achaemenian History. Cyrus Darius »
  - Sassanian History »
    - Nigin Miri's Sassanian Fars (pdf)
  - Naqsh-e Rustam Historical Site »
    - Location & Elamite Relief
    - Achaemenid Tombs. Sassanian Reliefs
  - Behistun Historical Site
  - Susa Historical Site
  - Iran and Persia - The Same?
- Greek Persian Connections »
  - Legendary Connections
  - Achaemenian Era Relations & Wars
  - Olympic Flame & Zoroastrianism
- TIMELINES: RULERS 1000 BCE-650 CE
- MAPS GALLERY
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650CE+ History
- Arabs & Iranian Resistance »
- Zoroastrians in Iran - Conditions »
- Parsees of India »
- Azerbaijan, Urmia, Kandovan Region »
- Hormozgan / Hormuz Region »
- Kerman Region »
- Kurdistan Region »
- Tajikistan Region
- Turkmenistan Region
- Uzbekistan Region
- Yazd Region »
- Women Warriors »
  - Amazons
  - Irandokht
- Present Cave Dwellings »
- Iran and Persia - The Same?
- MAPS GALLERY
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Worship
- Worship Introduction, Manthra »
- Healing Prayer
- Fire & Light
  - Fire & Light
  - Eternal Flame
- Priesthood & Magi
- Places of Worship »
- Sudrah/Sudre and Kusti/Kushti
- Sace / Ses Ceremonial Tray
- Liturgical Ceremonies
- Pilgrimage Sites in Yazd »
- Pilgrimage Site - Udvada
- Icons & Symbols »
  - Farohar/Fravahar Motif (pdf)
  - Farohar/Fravahar Motif - Abridged (pdf)
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Scriptures. Language
- Avesta Texts
- Avesta Compilation & Destruction
- Scripture Selections
- Vendidad–Sadeh & Pahlavi
- Gatha Composition by M. Schwartz (pdf)
- Manuscripts
- Avestan, Iranian, Persian Languages
- Old Persian Discovery
- Aramaic
- Learn Avestan by Karanjia (pdf)
- Dari by Farudi, Toosarvand (pdf)
- Avestan Calligraphy video
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Ceremonies
- Liturgical Ceremonies
- Cleansing & Purification Ceremonies
- Sace / Ses Ceremonial Tray
- Navjote, Sudreh Pooshi. Initiation
- Sudrah/Sudre and Kusti/Kushti
- Jashan / Jashne - Thanksgiving Ceremonies
- Marriage »
- Funeral Customs »
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Festivals. Calendar
- New Year - Nowruz »
- Fire of Spring - Omar Khayyam
- New Year's Eve - Pateti
- Gahambar / Gahanbar
- Jashne Sadeh @ Fire & Light
- Jashne Tirgan @ Grid
- Jashne Yalda @ Grid
- Yalda, Christmas & Mithra »
- Annual Festivals Calendar
- Calendar »
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References
- Articles & Monographs »
- Map Gallery
- Historic Ages. Categories of Time
- Strabo
- Herodotus »
- Xenophon »
  - Xenophon' Anabasis
  - Xenophon' Cyropaedia
- Ptolemy Bk. 6
- Parthian Stations by Isidorus
- The Persians by Aeschylus
- Jackson - Persia Past Present (pdf)
- Markham's History of Persia (pdf)
- Ragozin: Media Babylon Persia
- Rawlinson: 7 Great Monarchies
- Sykes' History of Persia »
  - Sykes' History of Persia Vol 1 (pdf)
  - Sykes' History of Persia Vol 2 (pdf)
- Western Authors & Zoroastrianism »
- Friedrich Nietzsche & Zoroastrianism »
- Links
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Ancient Healing
- Wellness & Healing Concepts
- Baresman (Barsom)
- Haoma (Hom)
- Healing Prayer
- Useful Plants of Iran (pdf)
- Persian Gardens
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Shahnameh
- Ferdowsi & His Work
- Shahnameh Manuscripts
- Shahnameh's Characters
- The Heroes - Story in Brief
- Shahnameh in English

Zoroastrian Heritage

Author: K. E. Eduljee