. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Justi, areagreed with Ker Porter in regarding the building as a fire-shrine, like the modern Parsi sagri that commonly adjoinsa Tower of Silence. Any one who has visited Malabar Hillat Bombay, or crossed the harbor to inspect the dakhmah atOoran, after studying the history of Persias sacred fire inconnection with the representations on the coins, will be in-clined to agree with this Zoroastrian explanation. Withoutagain mentioning the Pasargadse building, it is sufficient tocompare th
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Justi, areagreed with Ker Porter in regarding the building as a fire-shrine, like the modern Parsi sagri that commonly adjoinsa Tower of Silence. Any one who has visited Malabar Hillat Bombay, or crossed the harbor to inspect the dakhmah atOoran, after studying the history of Persias sacred fire inconnection with the representations on the coins, will be in-clined to agree with this Zoroastrian explanation. Withoutagain mentioning the Pasargadse building, it is sufficient tocompare the kindred structures near Naubandajan* and atFiruzabad, and the representation of fire-shrines on coins ofthe Parthian dynasty, to become convinced of the sacred 1 For a fuller description of all ^ Curzon, Persia, 2. sculptures, together with abun- * Near Fasa below Fahliyan indant material in the way of bibliog- western Farsistan. For a photo-raphy, consult Curzon, Persia, 2. graph of the fire-temple at Nau-117-126. bandajan, see Stolze and Andreas, 2 See p. 280, above. Persepolis, 2. Sixth and Seventh Sasanian Sculptures at Naksh-i Rustam
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