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    Jats in Gujarat

    Gujarat (Gujarati: ગુજરાત) is the second-most industrialized state in the India (after Maharashtra). Gujarat borders Pakistan, and the states of Rajasthan to the north-east, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south. Many settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization, have been found in Gujarat. The most important of these are the trade port of Lothal in south eastern Gujarat and Dholavira in western Gujarat.

    The name of the state is derived from Gujjarātta (Gurjar Rāshtra), which means the land of the Gujjars. It is believed that a tribe of Gujjars migrated to India around the 5th century. Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch, served as ports and trading centres for the Maurya and Gupta empires. After the collapse of the Gupta empire in the 6th century, Gujarat flourished as an independent Hindu kingdom. The Maitraka dynasty, descended from a Gupta general, ruled from the 6th to the 8th centuries from their capital at Vallabhi, although they were ruled briefly by Harsha during the 7th century. In 775 the first Parsi (Zoroastrian) refugees arrived in Gujarat from Iran. The Arab rulers of Sind sacked Vallabhi in 770, bringing the Maitraka dynasty to an end. A branch of the Pratihara clan ruled Gujarat after the eighth century.

    Jats in Gujarat
    Ethnically there are four groups of people who came to inhabit this land at different points of time and now form the majority here. These are Jats, Ahirs, Rabaris and Harijans. The Jats came from a place in Iran called Half (to be known latter as Jat) and they were herders by occupation. Around five hundred years ago they came to Kutch and Sind in search of new grazing pastures and settled there. Those who joined agriculture called themselves Garasia Jats and those who continued their ancestral occupation were known as Dhanetah Jats, and those who chose to study the Koran became Fakirani Jats. [http://www.tourmyindia.com/states/gujrat/index.html]

    The jats of Gujarat have many similarities with those of Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan. A few villages in Gujarat were jats live are Rampura, Motidhani, Nani Dhani etc. These villages are near about Deesa and Palanpur and the gotras found there are Jakhar, Jyani, Godara, Lunayach, Tada, Siyol, Bhari, Nain, Dhaka etc. The Jats of Gujarat are wealthy and landlords. The Banaskantha district has many Jat villages where a sizable population lives. The Jat population of these villages is about about 30000. These villages are near about national highway 15 and 8.[http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8096]

    Gujarat state has a sizable Hindu Jat population. There are about 3000 families dwelling in Ahmedabad. 60 % of these people are engaged in Industrial works, such as Mills, Factories and shops. 20 % are in middle level jobs or small-scale industries. Balance 20 % are either in higher-level jobs are middle level Industries. Some Jat families are mill owners also.

    The Jats in Gujarat have come from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Patels and Chaudharys of Gujarat consider themselves to be Jats of Gujarat. They are settled mainly in Mehsana district and surrounding areas. The Sagar Milk Dairy is their creation. The Chaudharys of Gujarat are also known as Anjana. The gotras of many of the Chaudharys of Gujarat are similar to those of Jats of North India. They have following gotras as given in list below. The way they are written in Gujarati is given in brackets.

    List of Jat gotras
    Antal - Utpal (Uplana)
    Atwal (Ant)
    Bhatti (Bhatiya)
    Chauhan, Chawan, Chahar (Chauhan)
    Dal, Dhal (Del)
    Dhaliwal, Dhariwal (Dholiya)
    Gaur, Goru (Gaur, Gor)
    Godara-Godha (Goda)
    Gulia (Galia)
    Henga, Haga (Hun)
    Katariya (Katotariya)
    Maan (Manar)
    Mahla, Mahlawat (Mahiya)
    Nauhwar (Nauwar)
    Pallwal (Pilatar)
    Parihar (Parihar, Padhiyar)
    Pauniya (Paun)
    Pawar (Parmar)
    Punia (Pooliya)
    Rathor (Rathor, Rathod)
    Rawat (Rawat)
    Sikarwar, Sakarwar (Sakariya)
    Singhmar (Singh)
    Sirohi, Saroha (Siroha)
    Solanki, Solgi (Solanki)

    Note: - The above list comparing the Gotras is based on VP Desai’s book “Bharat ke chaudhary” (Bharatna Anjana). VP Desai has mentioned that this caste had done great struggle for the freedom of India and they ruled India for about ten centuries democratically.
    Reference
    *Mahaveer Singh Verma: Jat Veer Smarika 1992 – “Jat Samaj Ahmedabad”
    External links
    *http://www.tourmyindia.com/states/gujrat/index.html
    *http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8096
    Laxman Burdak

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    wonderful stuff .. very informative
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    The very first gotra Antal above is antil. Antil Jats are found in sonepat, in hassanpur kurrar village. gujrat was originally named Latt/Latta/... after Latt/Lather jats. Everywhere its mentioned in history as lat n not as Gujrat. It were bud-gujar jats who named it as Gujrat. I met one Desai from Gujrat who said that they are Jats n not morar ji desai wale desai. I confirmed it n found true.

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    maitrakas are mitra's the family of sun worshippers. mitra in persian means sun. relate it to a statue of sun god found in beri in 11-12 century ad. they were same as pushya-mitramka or yudhya-mitranka who harassed gupta empire. jats were against jats at that time.

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    [quote=lrburdak;111378]GujaratThose who joined agriculture called themselves Garasia Jats and those who continued their ancestral occupation were known as Dhanetah Jats, and those who chose to study the Koran became Fakirani Jats. [http://www.tourmyindia.com/states/gujrat/index.html]

    Laxman ji
    There is also a cast Garasia in Rajasthan .Is there some relation between two?
    Secondly You have mentioned that the jats in Maharastra have moved recently.Is it not possible that they might be living there much earlier than that,may be as earlier as in northwest.I wanted the source of information.

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    Jats in Gujarat;

    The article is probably correct that the modern name Gujarat has an association with Gujars, who did dominate/rule the area in the early period of the last millennium.

    However the original name is not rastra, but as has been pointed out- the earlier name was “ Laht “ or Raht”,

    I think the Rathi Jats had originated in the Sindh area too, and their histories in Haryana suggest that they migrated from Rajastan some a few hundred years ago.Ditto for Lat or Lather jats.

    The L and the R being interchangeable.

    Jats have been in area- modern Gujarat, Kutch, Sind, since ancient times,

    The Jats are in Sindh and are found warring with the Muslim invaders in 700 Ad. The rulers appear to be of the Maurya Jats, who were ruling in Sindh.

    There were and are many other Jat goths there at that time.

    The BAL Jats formed the Vallabhipur kingdom, and the founder was a general of the Skandagupta of Dharan Jats 'Guptas' of Magadha.

    His title was ‘Bhattaraka’ meaning leader, which is sometimes confused with, and treated as a personal name.

    How the dynasty was given the suffix’ Maitraka’ is a good question, and probably an error that gets compounded over time, and from textbook to textbook.


    Bappa Rawal the icon of the Rajput community, claimed descent from the Bals of Ballabhipur,and he is said to have gained the throne of Chitor( Jattaur) aftre killimng his maternal Grandfather, who was of the Maurya clan.

    It should be noted that the Mauryas did not dissapearr after Ashoka, but various branches were found in power , down to even the Konkan region in the West Coast of India.

    Garasia is a Jat Goth, found all over North India

    Some took to Islam, and that’s why we find them as Muslims.

    Not because they came from Iran, and went around ‘ grazing’ the animals, and feeding them “ Grass’’

    How then one really asks, what sense it makes, that the Garasia Jats came form Iran 500 years ago, and were herders.

    What we really have that in ancient times this entire area , Maharastra, Gujarat, Sindh, was populated by Jats. The Sakas who invade Sindh, in the late BC period were Jats.

    In time some merged into the Gujars and took on that identity. Some in time also took on a Maharastra, Maratta idendtity.

    Some caution in using information off the internet, without reflection, is advised!

    Putting up a refrence and giving credence to this internet fluff , shoudl be rethought

    The difficulty also is that once such information is given credence by the Jats themsleves, any attempts to correct it, appear as an argument .

    I hope Burdakji corrects his article.

    Caution is advised.


    Ravi Chaudhary

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    [QUOTE=narenderkharb;112200]
    Quote Originally Posted by lrburdak View Post
    GujaratThose who joined agriculture called themselves Garasia Jats and those who continued their ancestral occupation were known as Dhanetah Jats, and those who chose to study the Koran became Fakirani Jats. [http://www.tourmyindia.com/states/gujrat/index.html]

    Laxman ji
    There is also a cast Garasia in Rajasthan .Is there some relation between two?
    Secondly You have mentioned that the jats in Maharastra have moved recently.Is it not possible that they might be living there much earlier than that,may be as earlier as in northwest.I wanted the source of information.
    Hi Narenderji,

    The Garasia people are tribes in Rajasthan not considered as Jats. Similarly Gawaria community is also a tribe in Rajasthan but id finds place in Jat gotra list here. We need to go into details from old records to reach to some conclusions. It may be in some areas they joined to tha Jat stream and in others separated from them.

    As regards migration of Jats to Maharashtra the period is given by Mahaveer Singh Verma: Jat Veer Smarika 1992 – “Jat Samaj Ahmedabad”. Infact he is not authority on Jats but when Jat Samaj Gwalior asked to provide an article on Jats in Maharashtra he compiled information and published it. When Mahaveer Singh compiled info he was also surprised about so many Jats in Maharshtra. It was because Jats had no communication and seemed to have been lost in local population as many of them adopted local surnames like Patels etc.

    Raviji is right when he says that we need a cautious approach. It was a starting point and by bringing the facts on line we will get ourselves corrected.

    In my view Jats have been in Maharashtra from ancient times. Area was ruled by Mauryans who were Jats. There must be a good population at that time. The linguistic similarity proves it. It might had happened the the successor rulers took revenge like Pushyamitra a brahman ruler had declared awards, after the fall of Mauryan Empire, to bring the heads of Jats who were followers of Buddhism (RS Joon).

    Kuntal Jats are found in that part of Maharashtra and Malwa region. It has been recorded by Thakur Deshraj in his book. My view is that Kuntals are descendants of Shakuntala whose son Bharat gave name to India. Rishi Kanva had found the newly born girl in the forest surrounded and protected by birds and thus named her Shakuntala. According to a source Titwala, a small town near Kalyan in Maharashtra, is considered to be the site of the hermitage where Shakuntala was born. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuntala ). This area, which is near to Nasik is also considred to be the place of origin of Dahiyas as per their gotra history.

    So from the above facts we may conclude that this area of Maharashtra was inhabited by Jats since very ancient times. Needs a deep research

    regards,
    Laxman Burdak

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    Quote Originally Posted by sktewatia View Post
    The very first gotra Antal above is antil. Antil Jats are found in sonepat, in hassanpur kurrar village. gujrat was originally named Latt/Latta/... after Latt/Lather jats. Everywhere its mentioned in history as lat n not as Gujrat. It were bud-gujar jats who named it as Gujrat. I met one Desai from Gujrat who said that they are Jats n not morar ji desai wale desai. I confirmed it n found true.


    dude i seriously doubt that desais are jats.

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    video of kirani jats of gujurats

    Quote Originally Posted by lrburdak View Post
    Gujarat (Gujarati: ગુજરાત) is the second-most industrialized state in the India (after Maharashtra). Gujarat borders Pakistan, and the states of Rajasthan to the north-east, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south. Many settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization, have been found in Gujarat. The most important of these are the trade port of Lothal in south eastern Gujarat and Dholavira in western Gujarat.

    The name of the state is derived from Gujjarātta (Gurjar Rāshtra), which means the land of the Gujjars. It is believed that a tribe of Gujjars migrated to India around the 5th century. Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch, served as ports and trading centres for the Maurya and Gupta empires. After the collapse of the Gupta empire in the 6th century, Gujarat flourished as an independent Hindu kingdom. The Maitraka dynasty, descended from a Gupta general, ruled from the 6th to the 8th centuries from their capital at Vallabhi, although they were ruled briefly by Harsha during the 7th century. In 775 the first Parsi (Zoroastrian) refugees arrived in Gujarat from Iran. The Arab rulers of Sind sacked Vallabhi in 770, bringing the Maitraka dynasty to an end. A branch of the Pratihara clan ruled Gujarat after the eighth century.

    Jats in Gujarat
    Ethnically there are four groups of people who came to inhabit this land at different points of time and now form the majority here. These are Jats, Ahirs, Rabaris and Harijans. The Jats came from a place in Iran called Half (to be known latter as Jat) and they were herders by occupation. Around five hundred years ago they came to Kutch and Sind in search of new grazing pastures and settled there. Those who joined agriculture called themselves Garasia Jats and those who continued their ancestral occupation were known as Dhanetah Jats, and those who chose to study the Koran became Fakirani Jats. [http://www.tourmyindia.com/states/gujrat/index.html]

    The jats of Gujarat have many similarities with those of Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan. A few villages in Gujarat were jats live are Rampura, Motidhani, Nani Dhani etc. These villages are near about Deesa and Palanpur and the gotras found there are Jakhar, Jyani, Godara, Lunayach, Tada, Siyol, Bhari, Nain, Dhaka etc. The Jats of Gujarat are wealthy and landlords. The Banaskantha district has many Jat villages where a sizable population lives. The Jat population of these villages is about about 30000. These villages are near about national highway 15 and 8.[http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8096]

    Gujarat state has a sizable Hindu Jat population. There are about 3000 families dwelling in Ahmedabad. 60 % of these people are engaged in Industrial works, such as Mills, Factories and shops. 20 % are in middle level jobs or small-scale industries. Balance 20 % are either in higher-level jobs are middle level Industries. Some Jat families are mill owners also.

    The Jats in Gujarat have come from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Patels and Chaudharys of Gujarat consider themselves to be Jats of Gujarat. They are settled mainly in Mehsana district and surrounding areas. The Sagar Milk Dairy is their creation. The Chaudharys of Gujarat are also known as Anjana. The gotras of many of the Chaudharys of Gujarat are similar to those of Jats of North India. They have following gotras as given in list below. The way they are written in Gujarati is given in brackets.

    List of Jat gotras
    Antal - Utpal (Uplana)
    Atwal (Ant)
    Bhatti (Bhatiya)
    Chauhan, Chawan, Chahar (Chauhan)
    Dal, Dhal (Del)
    Dhaliwal, Dhariwal (Dholiya)
    Gaur, Goru (Gaur, Gor)
    Godara-Godha (Goda)
    Gulia (Galia)
    Henga, Haga (Hun)
    Katariya (Katotariya)
    Maan (Manar)
    Mahla, Mahlawat (Mahiya)
    Nauhwar (Nauwar)
    Pallwal (Pilatar)
    Parihar (Parihar, Padhiyar)
    Pauniya (Paun)
    Pawar (Parmar)
    Punia (Pooliya)
    Rathor (Rathor, Rathod)
    Rawat (Rawat)
    Sikarwar, Sakarwar (Sakariya)
    Singhmar (Singh)
    Sirohi, Saroha (Siroha)
    Solanki, Solgi (Solanki)

    Note: - The above list comparing the Gotras is based on VP Desai’s book “Bharat ke chaudhary” (Bharatna Anjana). VP Desai has mentioned that this caste had done great struggle for the freedom of India and they ruled India for about ten centuries democratically.
    Reference
    *Mahaveer Singh Verma: Jat Veer Smarika 1992 – “Jat Samaj Ahmedabad”
    External links
    *http://www.tourmyindia.com/states/gujrat/index.html
    *http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8096
    that is what i found while surfing Youtube

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIe-MjPwUY

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    can any1 tel me how many hindu n sikh jats r deree in gujarat? dont care about muslim jats

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