Difference between revisions 204700842 and 204848154 on enwiki{{mMerge|Gandhara|Talk:Gandhar (clan)#Merger proposal|date=April 2008}} {{rRefimprove|date=April 2008}} '''Gandhar''' or '''Gandhara''' is a ''[[gotra]]'' or clan of [[Jat]]s found in the states of [[Haryana]] and [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] in [[India]] as well as the province of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] in [[Pakistan]]. During the [[Mahabharata]] period, the present-day [[Kandahar]] province of [[Afghanistan]] used to be known as Gandhar. Some Brahmins also use the surname. == Etymology == (contracted; show full)The ruins of the Gandhara kingdom can be found throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan. In [[Nowshera]] in the [[North West Frontier Province]] in Pakistan, there is even a barren area called the ''Gandhara Mound''. == Related clans == Gaindhu, Gandhi, Gaindha, Gaindhal, Gaindhar and Gaindhrawal are gotras related to the Gandhara gotra. == Geographic distribution == ⏎ ⏎ === Uttar Pradesh === The Gandhar Jats are found in the village of ''Raghunathpur'' in the ''Bisauli'' tehsil in the [[Badaun District|Badaun]] district of Uttar Pradesh. === The Punjab region === Jats belonging to gotras related to the Gandhar gotra are found in Punjab (India) as well as Punjab (Pakistan). == Religion == Most Gandhar Jats are [[Hindu]]s. The Gaindhu, Gaindha, Gaindhal and Gandhar gotras are also found amongst the [[Muslim]] Jats of Punjab (Pakistan). All of them trace their origin to Kandahar. In the [[Aligarh District|Aligarh]] district of Uttar Pradesh, there are some Hindu Jats belonging to the Gaindhar gotra. Among [[Sikh]] Jats, the major gotras are Gaindhrawal, Gandhi or Gaindhar. == References == *Ram Swaroop Joon: History of Jats, India *Jat Samaj: Agra November 1999 {{ethno-stub}}⏎ ⏎ {{Ethnic groups, tribes and clans of the Punjab}} {{Gotras of Jats}} [[Category:Social groups of India]] [[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]] [[Category:Hindu and Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan]] [[Category:Jat]] [[Category:Jat gotras]]⏎ ⏎ {{ethno-stub}} All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=204848154.
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