Andar

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Andar (अंदार) or Andara (अंदार) is Jat gotra same a Andhak. ^[1] This name of a tribe is given in Gana Bhrishadi as Andara. ^[2]

They are mentioned by Megasthenes as Andarae (Andar,Andhra), A powerful race, which possesses numerous villages, and thirty towns defended by walls and towers, and which supplies its king with an army of 100,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 1,000 elephants (See - Jat clans as described by Megasthenes)

Distribution

They are the Andara of west Asia (Assyria) and the present Jats of Pakistan.

Reference

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