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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  be(contracted; show full)

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]].⏎
 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]]. ⏎
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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]]