The Compilation of the Avesta

400 CE · Sasani İran · cultural

The oral sacred texts of Zoroastrianism were written down in the Avestan alphabet and systematized in the 4th and 5th centuries CE.

Today's Avesta is what remains of that compilation.

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What was The Compilation of the Avesta?
The oral sacred texts of Zoroastrianism were written down in the Avestan alphabet and systematized in the 4th and 5th centuries CE.
When did The Compilation of the Avesta happen?
400 CE
Where did The Compilation of the Avesta take place?
Sasani İran