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Mor (मोर) Maur (मौर) Maurya (मौर्य) is gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh. This gotra originated from country named Moron (मोरों). Also there was a town named Marohi (मरोही) at the sea level, the inhabitants of which were known as Mor. ^[1] Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mentioned Maur as a ruling clan in Central Asia.^[2]

History

It is one of the Jat clans as described by Megasthenes. He has mentioned them as Marohae living below the desert along with other clans like Dara, rara etc:

10. Below the deserts are - The Dari (Dara), the Surae (Soora), the Maltecorae, Singhae (Singhal), Marohae (Maurya), Rarungae (Rara), Moruni (Mor) - These inhabit the hills which in an unbroken chain run parallel to the shores of the ocean. They are free and have no kings, and occupy the mountain heights, whereon they have built many cities

The Mor kings of Chittor in Rajasthan are named Maheshwar, Bhima, Bhoja and Maan Maurya. Maurya (मौर्य) Mori (मोरी) gotra of Jats are originated from Raja Maan Maurya (मान मौर्य). A mountain named Maura near Jhunjhunu town in Rajasthan is in their memory. ^[3] Mori clan is a branch of Yaudheyas. In the eighth century A.D. they were ruling at Kota also. A ruler named Dhaval Maur is named in an inscription of 738 A.D. ^{[4] [5]}

Mor and Nara (नारा) are mentioned as Mura and Naraka (नरक) – two powerful “ Yavana” Kings, who were ruling over the Mura and Naraka alongwith Varuna in the western countries. ^[6] Also compare Maru and Nairi of Assyrians inscriptions. ^[5]

There are two thoughts about the origin of surname Mor. First from the king Mor Dhwaja and second from Mauryas.

Actually there was a very generous king named "MOR DHAWAJ" & after his name the surname MOR started.

According to Dalip Singh Ahlawat, ^[7] , Mor surname arises from Mauryan period and those who settled here modified it over the time.

The Jat historian Bhim Singh Dahiya published a paper titled The Mauryas: Their Identity (Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal, Vol. 17 (1979), p.112-133) in 1979 and a book titled Jats the Ancient rulers (Dahinam Publishers, Sonipat, Haryana, by B. S. Dahiya I.R.S.) in 1982, wherein he concludes that the Mauryas were the Muras or rather Mors and were Jats of Scythian or Indo-Scythian origin. It is claimed that the Jatts still have Maur or Maud as one of their clan name.

This view may become creditable only if it is accepted that the Jats evolved from the Madras, Kekayas, Yonas, Kambojas and the Gandharas of the north-west borderlands of ancient Indian sub-continent. This is because king Ashoka's own Inscriptions refer only to the Yonas, Kambojas and the Gandharas as the most important people of his north-west frontiers during third century BCE. They do not make any reference whatsover, to the Sakas, Shakas or the Scythians. See: Rock Edict No 5 [1] and Rock Edict No 13 [2] ( Shahbazgarhi version).

The view of Bhim Singh Dahiya that the Mauryas were Jat is supported from the fact that Khoye Maurya is clan of Jats found in Uttar Pradesh, India. The meaning of 'Khoye Maurya' is the 'lost Maurya' in Hindi language. The Khoye Maurya clan is not found in Rajputs. Moreover Madras, Yona and Gandharas are clans found in Jats.

Mahavamsa describes Chandragupta as coming of Kshatriya clan of Maurya:

"Mauryanam Khattyanam vamsha jata". (Geiger Trans p 27). It means "Mauryas are Kshatriyas of Jat clan".

According to Jat historian Ram Swarup Joon, ^[8]

" Mauryans being Jats, were denigerated by Brahmans and are termed even Shudras to show their cotempt. Infact Maurya was not a caste but it was a gotra of Jats which is still found in Jats. Gupta was a title of Chandra Gupta and not the caste, as has been proved below in the history of Chandra Gupta. He was a warrior of Jat caste. There are numerous legends about the Maurya dynasty, as Ashoka of this dynasty was an ardent follower of Buddhism, Brahmin writers have, in the Puranas, called it a Shudra dynasty. Mor, Maurya, Maurana are Jat gotras of very old standing. Hence the rule of this dynasty has been given a high place in history of Jats."

The above evidences prove that Mauryas were a clan of Jats.

Distribution in Punjab

Maur population is 3,300 in Patiala district.^[9]

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Hanumangarh district

Sangaria,

Villages in Chittorgarh district

Mor gotra Jats live in Chhoti Sadri tahsil in Chittorgarh district in Rajasthan. The villages with no. of families are: Deokheda (1), Jamlawda (45), Subi (3),

Villages in Tonk district

Bagadi (1),

Villages in Jaipur district

Maur (मौर) Jats live in villages: Dhamana (20)

Distribution in Haryana

Baroda(Gohana) Ladsoli (Sonipat), Bass(Hisar), Narwana(Jind)

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Nimach district

Nimach (1), Bagpipalya (4), Dhokalkheda (1), Harnawda (2), Harwar (5), Khor Vikram (1), Kundala (6), Nanpuriya (3),

Notable persons from this clan

• Balraj Singh Mor - HCS Haryana
• Ch. Shamsher Singh Mor - IPS/DIG retd (Haryana) of vill. Baroda(Gohana) now settled at Faridabad.
• Dr Dhurav Chaudhary (Mor) - an eminent doctor at PGI/Hospital Rohtak.
• Balbir Singh Mor - A renowned advocate of Supreme Court of India has been appointed as Additional Advocate General by the Haryana Government. He has experience of 35 years in this field. He passed LLB from Delhi University Campus Law Centre in 1972.^[10]

See also

Khoye Maurya

References

1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 274
2. ↑ Captain Dilip Singh Ahlawat, Jat Viron ka Itihas
3. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p.274
4. ↑ 260-IA, vol, XIX pp. 55-57
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi , p. 287
6. ↑ Mahabharata, Sabha Parva, 13 / 13
7. ↑ Dalip Singh Ahlawat, "Jat viron ka itihas"
8. ↑ Ram Swarup Joon ,History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)
9. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.126
10. ↑ Jat Jyoti, January 2008, p. 39

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