Difference between revisions 440224367 and 442004844 on enwiki

{{Refimprove|date=April 2008}}

'''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 ==

(contracted; show full)*Ram Swaroop Joon: History of Jats, India
*Jat Samaj: Agra November 1999

{{Ethnic groups, tribes and clans of the Punjab}}
{{Gotras of Jats}}

[[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]]

⏎
⏎
{{ethno-stub}}