Not all the important religions of South Asia were born in the region. Adherents of Zoroastrianism (now known as Parsis) came to India in the early eighth century C.E. from Persia, to the west. Islam ...

Foltz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida ... as well as environmental ethics and the relationship between Iran and South Asia. Asia Society spoke with ...

Nearly a quarter of the world’s people live in the geographic area known as South Asia, making it one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. Representing a multiplicity of religions, ...