Antal

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Antal or Andhak or Aundh or Anlak is a gotra of Jats found in India. Andhak Jats were the rulers of Anjai in the north of Mathura. Uttar Pradesh. Initially they lived in Sindh. Found in Gujarat also. Pliny has called them Amitae people, who were known as Antal in Jats. [1]

Antal gotra Jats are found in Distt Ambala in Haryana. Antal also live in Chaourmastpur (Ambala), Ghisarpari (KKR) in Haryana.

Antal (आंतल) Jats are said to be from Tanwars who had took out the intestine (आंत) of enemies in a war hence known as Antal (आंतल). This gotra is based on title.

Megasthenes has described about this clan in Indica as Amatae. He writes, Then next to these towards the Indus come, in an order which is easy to follow The Amatae (Antal), Bolingae (Balyan), Gallitalutae (Gahlot), Dimuri (Dahiya), Megari (Maukhari), Ordabae (Buria), Mese (Matsya). (See -Jat_clans_as_described_by_Megasthenes)

Atil, also spelled Itil (literally meaning "Big River"), was the capital of Khazaria from the middle of the 8th century until the end of the 10th century. The word is also a Turkic name for the Volga River. Atil was located along the Volga delta at the northwestern corner of the Caspian Sea.

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Notable Persons from this clan

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