Correct Answer - Option 1 : Parsiya
Zoroastrianism was founded in Persia (now Iran), but Zoroastrians have been the subject of persecution under Islamic regimes.
- Zoroastrianism flourishes more freely in India, where a number of Persian followers immigrated in the 10th century.
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They are known as Parsis.
Thus, option 1 is correct.
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Jews are an ethnoreligious group including those born Jewish, in addition to converts to Judaism.
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Buddhists are the people who follow Buddhism. They follow the teachings of a man named Siddhartha Gautama, who became known as the Buddha.
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Jains are the people who follow Jainism.
Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest religions.
- It ascribed to the teachings of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra), and exalted their deity of wisdom, Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord), as its Supreme Being.
- Leading characteristics, such as messianism, heaven and hell, and free will are said to have influenced other religious systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam.
- With possible roots dating back to the second millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism enters recorded history in the 5th-century BCE.
- It served as the state religion of the pre-Islamic Iranian empires from around 600 BCE to 650 CE.
- Zoroastrianism was suppressed from the 7th century onwards, following the Muslim conquest of Persia.
- Recent estimates place the current number of Zoroastrians at around 2.6 million, with most living in India and Iran.
