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'''Gandhar''' or '''Gandhara''' is a [[gotra]] or [[clan]] of [[Jats]] found in [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]]. During the [[Mahabharata]] period the present [[Kandahar]] province of [[Afghanistan]] used to be called as Gandhar. The princess of Gandhar was married to [[Dhritarashtra]]. The descendents of Gandhar rulers are known as Gandhars. The Gandhar clan Jats are found in village Raghunathpur tehsil Bisauli district [[Budaun]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]].

Gandhara, son of Arh, founded [[Gandhar]] ([[Kandahar]]) and it was  his capital.  Gaindhu, Gaindha, Gaindhals and, Gandhara are gotras found amongst the [[Muslim]] Jats in large numbers  in the Western  [[Punjab region|Punjab]].   They  all trace their origin from Quandhar.

In [[Aligarh]] district are found some [[Hindu]]s belonging to Gaindhar  gotra. The ruins of one Gandhara fort were found in [[Jalalabad]] in [[Afghanistan]]. 

[[Gandhari]],  mother  of  [[Duryodhana]], belonged to this dynasty.  [[Kshatriya]]s of this clan have ,been  mentioned  in  the  [[Mahabharata]].   In  [[Nowshera]] there is a barren area  called Gandhara Mound. Among the [[Sikh]] [[Jats]] there are some that are called  Gaindhrawal or Gaindhar.

==References==
*Ram Swaroop Joon: History of Jats, India
*Jat Samaj: Agra November 1999
[[Category:Gotras of Jats]]