WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Zoroastrianism now has an estimated 100, 000 to 200, 000 worshipers worldwide, and is practiced today as a minority religion in parts of Iran and India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Zoroastrians believe that the history of the world lasts for 12000 years, with four distinct periods. In the first period good and evil are separated, in the second the good world is invaded by the evil and the third is when the fight between the two forces intensify.

Detailed explanation-3: -Independent estimates are that there are at least 100, 000 Zoroastrians in India. Parsis mother tongue is Gujarati. The Zoroastrian community in India remains one of the most recognized groups, playing a part in various commercial sectors such as industry, movies, and politics.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today they form a religious minority in Iran of 10–30, 000 persons. Soon after the Arab conquest of Iran in 651 CE, there was an exodus of Zoroastrians from Iran to the Indian subcontinent where they settled and became known as the Parsis, and became an influential minority under British Colonial rule.