Anjana
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Anjana (अंजना) Anjna (अंजना) Anjne (अंजने) Anjane (आंजने) Anjan (अंजन) is gotra of Jats. They are descendants of Anjani. Hanuman is also son of Anjani. This gotra started after King Atisur Bhadra, the son of Jat King Virabhadra. They are Chandravanshi. [1]The descendants of Atisur Bhadra came to be known as Anjana or Anjilet and settled down in Malwa, Mewar, Marwar and Dhundhar.[2]
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Anjana in Mahabharata
Mahabharata Shalya_Parva_in_Sanskrit describes Anjana in shloka 100 as under:
- वृकॊदर निभाश चैव के चिथ अञ्जनसंनिभाः
- शवेताङ्गा लॊहितग्रीवाः पिङ्गाक्षाश च तदापरे ।।100।।
Chronology of Virabhadra
THE BRANCH OF PURU
The historian Ram Swarup Joon has given the chronology of Virabhadra, obtained from the records of the Bards of Dholpur, in his book ‘History of the Jats’ (1938, 1967) as under: [3]
(Obtained from the records of the Bards of Dholpur - after English Generation) From : Sanyati: | Vir Bhadra( 4 sons) | _________________________________________________________ | | | | Pon Bhadra KalhanBhadra Atisur Bhadra Jakh Bhadra (Originator (Originator | (Originator Punya Kalhan | Jakhar Gotra) Gotra) | Gotra) Anjana Jata Shankar | | Dahi Bhadra Brahma Bhadra (Originator Dahiya Gotra)
Note:
According to the Bhats (bards) of the Dahiya Gotra, the descendants. Of the above spread to the following areas
(a) Pon Bhadra’s to Haryana, Brij, and Gwalior
(b) Kalhan Bhadra’s to KathiAwar and Gujrat.
(c) Atisur Bhadra’s to Malwa
(d) Jakh Bhadra’s to Punjab and Kashmir
(e) Dahi Bhadra’s to Punjab and Central Asia
(f) Brahma Bhadra’s by the name of Bamroliya to Jammu and Kashmir, Haridwar and Punjab (the ruling family of Dholpur is from this branch)
Raja Vir Bhadra had five sons and two grand sons named Pon Bhadra, Jakh Bhadra, Kalhan Bhadra, Brahma Bhadra, Ati Sur Bhadra, Dahi Bhadra and Anjana Jata Shankar. Seven major Jat gotras are named after these seven descendants of Vir Bhadra. A detailed account of these is found in the family history of Rana of Dholpur. This proves the descent of some Jats from Vir Bhadra.
- Pon Bhadra is the originator of Punia gotra.
- Kalhan Bhadra is the originator of Kalhan gotra.
- Atisur Bhadra had Anjana Jata Shankar and his son Dahi Bhadra in the lineage. Dahi Bhadra is the originator of Dahiya gotra.
- Jakh Bhadra is the originator of Jakhar gotra.
Distribution
Anjane (आंजने) gotra Jats are found in Madhya Pradesh. They are found in Bhopal.
Anjna are jats and there is only one village of Anjna's in Haryana i.e. 'Khandsa' . There are more villages in Rajasthan. Khandsa is a village near Gurgaon.
Villages in Gurgaon district
Aanjan (आंजन) or Anjan (आंजन) is a Jat gotra in Nagaur district in Rajasthan.
Villages in Nagaur district
List of Jat gotras in Gujarat
VP Desais has written a book “Bharat ke Chaudhary” (Bharatna Anjana), and provided list derived from Anjana.
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. [4]
Reference
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998
- ↑ History of the Jats
- ↑ Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats’ (1938, 1967)
- ↑ VP Desai:“Bharat ke Chaudhary” (Bharatna Anjana)
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