The Chinvat Bridge is the span between the world of the living and the afterlife in the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. It is also known as Cinvat Bridge, Cinvad Bridge, and Chinvato Peretav. Every soul, after death, was thought destined to cross the Chinvat Bridge where it would be judged and assigned a place in the afterlife.
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c. 1500 BCE - 1000 BCEConcept of the Chinvat Bridge develops with the religion of Zoroastrianism.
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224 CE - 651 CEZoroastrian texts written during the Sassanian Period, preserving the oral tradition of the religion, including the concept of the Chinvat Bridge.
