Oriental conference papers; papers read at the Oriental conferences held in India / by Dr. Sir Jivanji Jamshedji Modi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji, Sir, 1854-1933.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xxiv, 356, xx pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Bombay : The Fort printing press, 1932.

Contents:

Presidential address.

King Akbar and the Persian translations of Sanskrit books.

Alexander the Great and the destruction of the ancient literature of the Parsees at his hands.

The doctrine of Karma from the Zoroastrian point of view.

The Huns who invaded India. What was their religion?

The Iranian name of the Hunnic King Toramana who invaded India.

Disā-pothi (family death register) among the Parsees.

The Persian Rivāyats of the Parsis. A Parsee high priest (Dastur Azar Kaiwan, 1529-1614 A.D.) with his Zoroastrian disciples in Patna.

The derivation of the Gujarati word karanjō or kāranjō.

OCLC:

4083397