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'''Gora ([[Hindi]]: गोरा)''' or '''Gor''' or '''Gaur''' is a clan or gotra of [[Jats]] found in [[Rajasthan]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] in north India. In ancient times ruled in [[Ajmer-Merwara]], [[Mewar]], and [[Bundi]]-[[Sirohi]] areas in [[Rajasthan]]. They are descendants of [[Pingala]]  [[Nagavanshi]]. <ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, Page 237 </ref>

In Bhat records they have been mentioned as Gor of [[Ajmer]]. The period of their inhabitance in this area was prior to the rule of [[Chauhan]]s. <ref>James Todd: Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan</ref>
==Gora in Rigveda==
[[Bhim Singh Dahiya]] in his book "Aryan Tribes and the Rig Veda" has mentioned that Gora is a Rigvedic clan. In [[Rigveda]] it has been written as '''Ghaura''' (1/36-43) that is present Jat clan Gora or Gaur or Gauri. <ref>[[Bhim Singh Dahiya]]: "Aryan Tribes and the Rig Veda"</ref>

==Inscription at '[[Chhoti Sadri']]==
Gors have been mentioned in an [[inscription]] found in 'Bhamar Mata' (भमर माता) temple on a hillock near village '[[Chhoti Sadri]]' (छोटी सादड़ी) in the princely state of [[Udaipur]]. It is in [[Brahmi]] script and [[Sanskrit language]]. <ref name=" Thakur Deshraj "> Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 2nd edition 1992, Page-591  </ref>Pandit Gaiuri Shankar Hirachand Ojha has written about the inscription of 'Chhoti Sadri' in an article published in ''Nagari pracharini-patrika, part 13, issue-1'' under the title ''Gaur namak agyat kshatriya vansh - गौर नामक अज्ञात क्षत्रिय वंश''.  Some lines from that inscription are as under in [[Sanskrit language]]: <ref name=" Thakur Deshraj "> Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 2nd edition (contracted; show full)

*[[Pratap Mal Gora]]- is another famous person from this clan from Beawar in Ajmer district. <ref name=" Thakur Deshraj "> Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 2nd edition 1992 Page 593 </ref>

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