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{{Infobox gotra
| name = Sihag
| type = Jat Clan
| location = [[Rajasthan]], [[Haryana]], [[Delhi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]], [[Sindh]]
| 
| varna = [[Kshatriya]]
| branches = Asiagh,  Sehwag, Siyag,  Siag,  Suhag,  Syag,  Sehag,  Siyak,  Sihag ,  Syak,   Seahwag, Siwal,  Bolan,  Chautala 
| religion = [[Hinduism]] 
| language = [[Bagri language|Bagri]], [[Haryanvi]], [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], [[Hindi]], [[Malvi]]
}}
'''Sihag''' ('''Siyag''', '''Sehwag''', '''Seahwag''', '''Asiagh''', or '''Siag''') is a clan of [[Jat people]] living in [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Delhi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Punjab region]] of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].

==Origin==
'''Sihag''' originally is a Jat clan known as [http://www.jatland.com/w/index.php?title=Ashkenaz&action=edit&redlink=1 Ashkenaz] in [http://www.jatland.com/home/Iran Iran], [http://www.jatland.com/w/index.php?title=Asiani&action=edit&redlink=1 Asiani] in [http://www.jatland.com/home/Greece Greece], [http://www.jatland.com/home/Asii Asii] in Central Asia, Asi in Northern Germany and Scandinavia (mainland Denmark) and [http://www.jatland.com/home/Asika Asika] in old Indian literature like [http://www.jatland.com/home/Mahabharata Mahabharata]. Sihags are [http://www.jatland.com/home/Suryavanshi Suryavanshi] [http://www.jatland.com/home/Kshatriyas Kshatriy.] They were rulers in [http://www.jatland.com/home/Central_Asia Central Asia]. [http://www.jatland.com/home/Thakur_Deshraj Thakur Deshraj] has mentioned in his book on History of Jats “Jat Itihas” (1934) that the country [http://www.jatland.com/home/Assyria Assyria] gets its name from [http://www.jatland.com/home/Asiagh Asiagh] gotra of [http://www.jatland.com/home/Jats Jats]. The origin of word '''Asiagh''' is from Sanskrit word '''‘Asi’''' meaning sword. According to Kautilya the people who depended on ‘[http://www.jatland.com/home/Asi Asi]’ (sword) for their living were known as [http://www.jatland.com/home/Asiagh Asiagh] ('''Sword Warriors''').  Those who settled in [http://www.jatland.com/home/Jangladesh Rajasthan] were called Asiagh and those who moved to [http://www.jatland.com/home/Scandinavia Scandinavia] were known as Asi. Jats entered Scandinavia around 500 BCE and their leader was [http://www.jatland.com/home/Odin Odin], derived from [http://www.jatland.com/home/Buddha Buddha] or Bodan. The Asi Jats founded 'Jutland' as their homeland in [http://www.jatland.com/home/Scandinavia Scandinavia]. The word Scandinavia is said to originate from Sanskrit: Skanda-Nabh, the name of a Vedic rishi or sage. The religious book of Scandinavia ‘Edda’ mentions that the ancient inhabitants of Scandinavia were Jits or Jats who were the Aryan tribe known as Asi people and came from [http://www.jatland.com/home/Asirgarh Asirgarh in India].   .<ref>{{cite book |first=B. S. |last=Dhillon |title=History and Study of the Jats |isbn=1-895603-02-1}}</ref>{{Pn|date=June 2014}}

==History==

[[File:Map rajasthan dist 7 div.png|right|thumb|Northern-most light pink coloured region is "[[Jangladesh]]". It includes the present-day districts of [[Bikaner District|Bikaner]], [[Churu District|Churu]], [[Ganganagar District|Ganganagar]], and [[Hanumangarh District|Hanumangarh]].]]

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[[Category:Jat clans of Rajasthan]]
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