History of the Parsis : including their manners, customs, religion and present position : with coloured and other illustrations : in two volumes

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9. Kashakisrob, sixty chapters, of which forty-five were destroyed by Alexander. It dealt with the subjects of wisdom, sagacity, and prudence; virtue and piety ; vice and unholiness; and the causes that lead one to greatness and goodness.

10. Vishtaspsasto, sixty chapters, of which fifty were destroyed at the time of Alexander's invasion. It was a historical book treating of the reign of King Gushtasp and of the propagation of the religion of Zoroaster in his time.

11. Dadok (law) or Vashti, twenty-two chapters, of which only six were known after Alexander. It treated of the attributes of Ahura Mazda, of religious duties, resurrection and creation; of agriculture and arboriculture ; of obedience to the “ dasturs;” and of the four grades in which society was divided at the time, viz. (1) the Athravans (priests), (2) Rathaeshtarans (warriors), (8) Vastrio Fshuyants (husbandmen), and (4) Huitis (artisans). Firdusi, the great Persian epic poet, refers to these four classes as beme made by King Jamshid of the Peshdadian dynasty. He gives them under the four names of Katuzi, Nisari, Nasudi, and Ahnukhushi.

12, Chidrasto or Jirasht, twenty-two chapters. It seems to have been written exclusively on a medical subject treating of obstetrics or midwifery from the time of conception to that of childbirth. It also explained the circumstances after birth