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NOSARI, or NAVSARI

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 822 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NOSARI, or NAVSARI , a See also:town in See also:India, in the See also:state of See also:Baroda, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Purna See also:river, 147 M. by See also:rail N. of Bombay. Pop. (1901), 21,451. It is an See also:ancient See also:place, known to See also:Ptolemy as Nasaripa. It was one of the earliest settlements of the See also:Parsees in See also:Gujarat, after their banishment from See also:Persia in the 12th See also:century. It is still the See also:home of their mobeds, or sacerdotal class, and contains their most venerated " See also:fire See also:temple." Many small See also:industries are carried on, including the See also:weaving of the kusti, or sacred See also:thread of the Parsees. There is also considerable See also:trade by both rail and See also:water, for the river is navigable. The public buildings and the private houses, especially those in the suburbs, are unusually See also:good.

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