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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
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Pop
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(1901), 21,451
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It is an See also: ancient place, known to See also: Ptolemy as Nasaripa
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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 century
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It is still the home of their mobeds, or sacerdotal class, and contains their most venerated " fire See also: temple." Many small See also: industries are carried on, including the See also: weaving of the kusti, or sacred thread of the Parsees
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There is also considerable See also: trade by both rail and See also: water, for the river is navigable
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The public buildings and the private houses, especially those in the suburbs, are unusually See also: good
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