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Zoroastrians Graveyard Quetta

Type: Monument - Cemetery
Province: Balochistan
District: Quetta
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1857 - 1947 CE
Description: It is located in Killi Ismail Quetta. The graveyards are situated in near Baluchistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education. The graveyards have boundary walls. The main entrance of the grave is locating on the south. This graveyard counts of the Paris commonly, living in Zhobe before and after the creation of Pakistan. These graves bury in burnt bricks masonry decorated with white marble stone with cement and lime mortars. Some graves are simple without decoration but mostly re decorated with signs and images of Zoroastrians religion. The faravahars, the best-known symbol form ancient Persian of the winged sun disk with seated male figure in the center. It is thought to represent Ahura Mazda. The god of Zoroastrian but also been interpreted Fravashi (Gurdian Angel). Persian English and Gujarati inscriptions are present on the head slab of these graves, and then name, date of birth place and text from the Zoroastrian religion Avesta.
Latitude: 30.214173983
Longitude: 66.994820830
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Miscellaneous
Published In: Miscellaneous
Year of Publication: Miscellaneous
Bibliography/Reference: Anonymous
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