Further to R. S. Medora’s letter "Parsis in Diu,” (Readers’ Forum, Parsiana, June 2004), the following might be of interest to your readers as well as furnish answers to his queries on the twin cornerstones of Parsiism, the agiary and the dakhma, specifically those in Diu.
A very detailed survey of the former appeared in the article "The Zoroastrian fire temple in the ex-Portuguese colony of Diu, India” by Prof Mehrdad Shokoohy of Greenwich University. Well provided with Diu’s historical and modern town plans, ground plans, elevations, and section drawings, as with sufficiently clear photographs and a general and specialized commentary,......