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Neryosang Dhaval

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Neryosang Dhaval was a Zoroastrian Parsi priest from Sanjan in Gujarat known for translating prominent Zoroastrian works from Middle Persian into Sanskrit. Scholars disagree on his period: Mary Boyce assigns him to the late eleventh or early twelfth century AD, while M. N. Dhalla assigns him to the thirteenth century AD. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Dated variously to the late 11th to early 12th century AD (Mary Boyce) or the 13th century AD (M. N. Dhalla); scholarly dating disputed. 1
The scholarly disagreement over period is itself the attested content (ruling 678; not flattened to one date).
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Nationality
India 1
Sources
1. Neryosang Dhaval (Wikipedia)
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    Neryosang has been assigned by Mary Boyce to the late 11th-early 12th century AD while M. N. Dhalla assigns him to the 13th century AD.
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    was a Zoroastrian Parsi priest from Sanjan in Gujarat known for translating prominent Zoroastrian works
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