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'''Gandhar'''  or '''Gandhara''' ({{lang-ur|'''گندھار'''}}) is a ''[[gotra]]'' or tribe of [[Jat people|Jats]] 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 Gandhars are former Sandhus.
== Etymology ==

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

In the Indian Classical music system, the third note in an octave is also called Gandhar.

== Origin ==

During the Mahabharata period, the present-day ''Kandahar'' province of Afghanistan used to be known as ''Gandhar''. Gandhara, the son of Arh, founded the city of Gandhar (the modern-day city of [[Kandahar]]) and made it his capital. The princess of Gandhara, [[Gandhari (character)|Gandhari]] was married to [[Dhritarashtra]] and was the mother of the [[Kaurava]]s. The descendants of Gandhar rulers are known as Gandhars. 

The ruins of the Gandhara kingdom can be found throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan. In  [[Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]] in the [[North West Frontier Province]] in Pakistan, there is even a barren area called the ''Gandhara Mound''.

== Related clans ==

(contracted; show full)[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
[[Category: Jat clans of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Jat]]
[[Category:Khatri clans]]
[[Category:Jat clans]][[Category: Jat clans of Punjab]]
[[Category: Jat clans of Haryana]]

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