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'''Gandhar'''  or '''Gandhara'''  is a ''[[gotra]]'' or tribe of [[Khatri]] 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]] u(contracted; show full)
The Gaindhu, Gaindha, Gaindhal and Gandhar gotras are also found amongst the [[Hindu]] Khathris of Punjab (Pakistan). All of them trace their origin to Kandahar.

In the [[Aligarh District|Aligarh]] district of Uttar Pradesh, there are some Hindu Khatris belonging to the Gaindhar  gotra.  

== References ==

*Ram Swaroop Joon: History of 
JKathris, India
*Jat Samaj: Agra November 1999

[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
[[Category:Social groups of India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Khatri clans]]
[[Category:Jat clans]][[Category: Jat clans of Punjab]]
[[Category: Jat clans of Haryana]]

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