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===Parsis===
{{Main article|Parsis}}

The Parsis are the close-knit [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] community based primarily in India but also found in [[Pakistan]]. Parsis are descended from [[Persian Empire|Persian]] Zoroastrians who emigrated to the Indian subcontinent over 1,000 years ago. [[Census#India|Indian census]] data (2001) records 69,601 Parsis in India, with a concentration in and around the city of [[Mumbai]] (previously known as Bombay). There are approximately 8,000 Parsis elsewhere on the subcontinent, with an estimated 2,500 Parsis in the city of [[Karachi]] and approximately 50 Parsi families in Sri Lanka. The number of Parsis worldwide is estimated to be fewer than 100,000.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eliade |first1=Mircea |title=Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism |date=1991 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-02068-6 |page=254 }}</ref>