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The earliest known record of Zoroastrian literature in the USA was a French translation of the Zend Avesta in the collection of the former president of Yale University, Rev Ezra Stiles in Rhode Island (RI) in 1722, according to Dr Jenny Rose, the adjunct professor in Zoroastrian Studies in the department of religion, Claremont Graduate University, USA. The scholar was speaking on "The World Becomes Round: Cultural And Commercial Encounters Between Parsis And Yankees In The Late 18th And Early 19th Centuries” at The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute (KRCOI) on February 23, 2018. Adding that Stiles was exhorted to......



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