Sanjan (Gujarat)
Sanjan is the second station in
Gujarat (the first station is Umergaon) just inside the Gujarat-
Maharashtra border, when travelling on the Western Railway line. Sanjan belongs to the
Valsad district.
Sanjan is believed to have been founded by
Zoroastrian refugees who sought asylum in Gujarat
c. 936 CE. Those Zoroastrians, whose descendants are today known as the
Parsis, are thought to have named the settlement after
Sanjan in Greater Khorasan, the city of their origin.
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Qissa-i Sanjan, an account of the early years of Zoroastrian settlers in India.
