Volume 9

The Gazetteer of Bombay Presidency.

Date:
1877-1904
Catalogue details

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    [Bombay Gazetteer. Appendix II. TOW EES OB' ►Silence. Towers of Silence throughout India—continued. No. Place. Founder. Date, Remarks, 87 Pardi in South Subscription a.d. 5th June 1881. Gujarat. 29th Apl, 1825. 88 Poona Sorabji Ruttonji Patell. 89 Ditto Subscription 28th Apl. 1835. 90 Randir near Surat . Sorabji Mancherji 28th May 1787. Readymoney, Hirji Jeevanji Ready money, and Rustomji Dada- bhoy Nadersha. 91 Ditto Subscription 23rd Mar. 1852. 92 Sanjan in North Tbahia. Before 1400. 93 Satara Subscription 12th Apl. 1857. 94 Sungad-Viara near 5th Feb. 1862. Navsaki. 95 Sholapur ... Yiccaji and Pestonji 2nd Feb.1843. Merji. 96 Surat Subscription Before 1600. 97 Ditto Nanabhoy Poojia Modi . 1647. 98 Ditto Subscription 1725. 99 Ditto Ditto 1735. 100 Ditto Ditto 1742. 101 Ditto Ditto 23rd Dec. 1764. 102 Ditto Ditto 10th June 1771. 103 Ditto Ditto 21st Jan. 1827. 104 Ditto Ditto 4th Feb. 1S28. 105 Ditto Ditto . ... 3rd Apl. 1832. 106 Ditto Ditto 12th Mar. 1888. 107 Sumali Ruttonji Maneckji Enti. 23rd Nov. 1803. Ruined, 108 Tarapur Subscription 1700. 109 Ditto Ditto 1780. 110 Ditto Ditto 16th Feb. 1866. 111 Tavri Ditto 19th Apl. 1864. A brick ruin. 112 Tena near Surat ... 113 Ditto 114 Ditto Ruined. 115 Ditto Half ruined. 116 Thana Cawasji and Dorabji 7th Apl. 1780... R,uined. Rustomji Patel. 117 Ditto Rustomji Co wasji Patel. 15th Apl. 1843. 118 Udvada 13th May 1697 . Not in use. 119 Ditto ••• «»« Pestonji Cursetji Mody. 28th Apl. 1830. Besides these 119 Towers of Silence Parsis have twenty-eight burial* places. Of these nineteen are in India: at Allahabad (a.d. 1895), Ban- galore (a.d. 1892), Belgaum (a.d. 1875), Bijapur (a.d. 1891), Cannanore (a.d. 1837), Cochin (a.d. 1823), Delhi (a.d. 1842), Dhulia (a.d. 1896), Ferozpur (a.d. 1842), Hoshangabad (a.d. 1896), Hubli (a.d. 1896), Lahore (a.d. 1842), Mangalore (a.d. 1797), Multan (a.d. 1842), Pesha- war (a.d. 1842), Rawalpindi (a.d. 1842), Rutlam (a.d. 1896), Sukkur (a.d. 1842), Tellicherry (a.d. 1793) • two in Ceylon, at Colombo (a.d. 1846) and Galle (a.d. 1859) ; two in the Straits, at Macao (a.d. 1829) and vSingapur (a.d. 1849) ; three in China, at Canton (a.d. 1836) Hong- kong (a.d. 1852) and Shanghai (a.d, 1859); one at Zanzibar (a.d. 1880) ; and one in London (a.d. 1861). \