The Hindu king of Sanjan (in modern day Gujarat, India) in the 8th century CE. He allowed Persian Zoroastrians, who were fleeing their homeland due to religious persecution, to settle in his kingdom. Today, this group is known as the Parsis, from the Persian word for a Persian person. This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... Sanjan is the first station in Gujarat after the Gujarat-Maharashtra border, when travelling on the Western Railway line. ... Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... Zoroastrianism was adapted from an earlier, polytheistic faith by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia very roughly around 1000 BC (although, in the absence of written records, some scholars estimates are as late as 600 BC). ... Persian (فارسی), (local name in India, Iran and Afghanistan: Fârsi), Pârsi (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (Another local name in Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Bahrain and Uzbekistan. ...

A legend about the arrival of Parsis is as follows: Jadav Rana and the Parsees did not speak a common language. When the Parsees arrived at Jadav Rana’s court, he showed them a bowl of milk filled to the very brim to signify that his kingdom was already full and could not accept refugees. Zoroastrianism was adapted from an earlier, polytheistic faith by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia very roughly around 1000 BC (although, in the absence of written records, some scholars estimates are as late as 600 BC). ...

The Parsees considered this, then one of them added a spoonful of sugar to the glass, to demonstrate that they would blend in with the members of the kingdom and make their lives sweeter.

The king agreed to let the Parsis settle in Sanjan under the conditions that they adopt local dress and language, lay down their arms, marry within their own community and not proselytize.