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'''Agre''' or '''Aga''' or '''[[Hanga]]''' is [[clan]] or [[gotra]] of [[Jats]] found in [[Haryana]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]]. This clan has descended from [[Hangamas]] who was a [[satrap]] of [[Mathura]] appointed by the [[Kushan]] ruler [[Kanishka]]. Hangamas  was  a  General    of   the  [[Kushan]], [[Yuezhi|Yuechi]] or [[Tushar]] kings.  [[Hanga]] is very  well known  in history.  He  belonged to Tushar  or [[Kaswan]]  dynasty and was appointed  as the Governor of Mathura.  His descendants came to be called Hanga. They have about 80eighty villages in district of Mathura.[[Huang]] is a common surname in [[China]]

According to [[Thakur Deshraj]] the [[Shiv]]i gotra Jats of [[Shivaliks]] and lower reaches of [[Lake Manasarovar|Lake Manasarowar]] left this area after the war of [[Mahabharata]] and migrated to Uttar [[Kuru]]. Some of them settled in [[Punjab region|Punjab]] in the area known as 'Yadu ki Dung', some settled in [[Kashmir]] and the rest moved far north up to [[Siberia]]. 

(contracted; show full)re settled in between the areas of [[Sakas]] and Rishikas ([[Yuezhi]]) in the north of [[Tarim River]] and '[[Tianshan]]' hills. [[Huns]] inhabited areas to the north of those occupied by Sakas, Rishikas and Tocharians. Rishikas and Tocharians were friends. They attacked the kingdom of Sakas and captured [[Bactria]] ([[Balkh]]). Following the settlement of the [[Yuezhi]] (described in the West as "[[Tocharians]]"), the general area of Bactria came to be called [[Tokharistan]]. From the 
[[1first century]] CE to the [[3third century]] CE, [[Tokharistan]] was under the rule of the [[Kushans]]. After that they occupied [[Camboj]] situated in northwest [[Afghanistan]].

[[Rishikas]] and [[Tocharians]] who were earlier defeated by [[Huns]] became powerful now. They jointly defeated the Huns and forced them to move towards [[Mongolia]].

Rishikas and Tocharians along with [[Da Yuezhi|Ta-Yuezhi]] [[Jats]] became [[Muslims]] in this region. Later when the pressure of Muslim religion increased these people moved down to [[Haryana]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]].

[[Da Yuezhi|Ta-Yuezhi]] branch included [[Rishikas]], [[Tocharians]], [[Kushans]], [[Chahar]]s, [[Jadon]]s, [[Sinsinwar]]s, [[Kuntal]]s, [[Sogdians]] [[gotra]] [[Jats]].
Tocharians and Rishikas were great warriors and they became strong followers of [[Buddhism]]. They also helped in spreading the Buddhism religion to far off places.

A branch of Tocharians was [[Hanga]] who came to [[Brij]] area in [[India]] and settled on the fertile banks of [[Yamuna River]]. Hunga Jats are believed to get their name from [[Hangamas]] satrap who came from the region of '[[Huang He]]' river and 'hingu' hills in China. The Hunga over a period became 'Aga'. Aga in [[Sanskrit]] became 'Agre' meaning advance, since these were the people first to come to Brij area. Kanishka had made the Hunga people the rulers of [[Mathura]]. Another branch of Tocharians moved to Afghanistan and up to Iran. 
Kanishka made these people the rulers of [[Ghazni]].  

==Reference==
*[[Bhim Singh Dahiya]]: [[Aryan]] [[Tribes]] and the [[Rig Veda]], Dahinam Publishers, Haryana, India,1991
*[[Bhim Singh Dahiya]]: Jats the Ancient Rulers, Dahinam Publishers
*[[Thakur Deshraj]]: Jat Itihas (Hindi), [[Maharaja Suraj Mal]] Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934.
* Jat Viron Ka Itihas (Hindi): Capt Dalip Singh [[Ahlawat]]
* Ram Swarup Joon:  History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)
*Jat Samaj: Agra, January 1992
[[Category:Gotras of Jats]]
[[Category:Social groups of India]]