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'''Gandhar'''  or '''Gandhara''' is a ''[[gotra]]'' or clan of [[Jat people|Jats]]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 ==

The clan takes its name from the ancient [[Gandhara]] kingdom of the [[Mahabharata]] (the modern-day province of [[Kandahar Province|Kandahar]] in [[Afghanistan]]).

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[[Category:Social groups of India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Hindu and Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Jat]]
[[Category:Jat gotras]]

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