'''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 belonged to Tushar or [[Kaswan]] dynasty and was appointed as the Governor of Mathura. His descendants came to be called Hanga. They have about eighty villages in district of Mathura.[[Huang]] is a common surname in [[China]]
According to [[Thakur Deshraj]] the [[Shiv]]i gotra Jats of [[Shivaliks]] and lower reaches of [[Lake Manasarovar|Lake Manasarowar]] left this area after the war of [[Mahabharata]] and migrated to Uttar [[Kuru]]. Some of them settled in [[Punjab region|Punjab]] in the area known as 'Yadu ki Dung', some settled in [[Kashmir]] and the rest moved far north up to [[Siberia]].
The [[Krishna]] vanshi people in [[Sanskrit]] were called '[[Karshney]]' and '[[Karshniya]]'. Karshniya or [[Kasaniya]] is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan. These Krishna vanshi people in [[China]] were known as [[Kushan]] or [[Yuezhi]].
[[Bhim Singh Dahiya]] has established that [[Kushan]] or [[Yuezhi]] were Jats. There were two branches of Yuezhi people. One of the branches was called '[[Da Yuezhi|Ta-Yuezhi]]' which means 'The great [[Jats]]'. The other branch was 'Siao-[[Yuezhi]]' which means 'The little [[Jats]]'. The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] historian [[Herodotus]] has written [[Massagetae]] for [[Da Yuezhi|Ta-Yuezhi]] and [[Thyssagetae]] for Siao-[[Yuezhi]]. The Yuezhi people inhabited the Outer [[Mongolia]] and [[Gansu]] province of [[China]].
[[Satyaketu Vidyalankar]] has mentioned that [[Rishika]] Jats were inhabitants of western China region near [[Lopnar Lake]]. [[Tocharian]] people were settled in between the areas of [[Sakas]] and Rishikas ([[Yuezhi]]) in the north of [[Tarim River]] and '[[Tianshan]]' hills. [[Huns]] inhabited areas to the north of those occupied by Sakas, Rishikas and Tocharians. Rishikas and Tocharians were allies. They attacked the kingdom of Sakas and captured [[Bactria]] ([[Balkh]]). Following the settlement of the [[Yuezhi]] (described in the West as "[[Tocharians]]"), the general area of Bactria came to be called [[Tokharistan]]. From the first century to the third century, [[Tokharistan]] was under the rule of the [[Kushans]]. After that they occupied [[Camboj]] situated in northwest [[Afghanistan]].
[[Rishikas]] and [[Tocharians]] who were earlier defeated by [[Huns]] became powerful now. They jointly defeated the Huns and forced them to move towards [[Mongolia]].
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. 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]]. Kanishka made these people the rulers of [[Ghazni]].
==References==
*[[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]]
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