Bhar

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Yaksha reliefs. Bharhut, 2nd century BCE.

Bhar(भड़) Bhar (भर) is gotra of Jats found in Distt Hisar in Haryana. They are also in Punjab. They actually belong to Rajasthan. The ancient place of historical importance of Buddhist period, Bharhut gets the name after its rulers of clan Bhar. [1] They are also called Bharashiva. This gotra started from their ancestral people of Nagavansh who started the new system of worship of Shivalinga. [2]

'Bhar (भर)' in Rajasthani language is name of a long and high radiating sand dune found in desert which are formed due to piling up of shifting sands.[3] Probably these used to be the habitations of Bhar people in ancient times.

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History

Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 48 mentions in shloka 9 about Bhar clan as under:

The tribute were presented unto Yudhishthira by the kings of the earth. And, O king, having brought with them as tribute loads upon loads of sandal and aloe as also black aloe, and heaps upon heaps of valuable skins and gold and perfumes, and ten thousand serving-girls of their own race, and many beautiful animals and birds of remote countries, and much gold of great splendour procured from mountains, the Kiratas waited at the gate, being refused permission to enter.

चन्दनागुरुकाष्ठानां भारान कालीयकस्य च
चर्म रत्नसुवर्णानां गन्धानां चैव राशयः (Mahabharata II.48.9)


View of Bharhut stupa in ruins and in the back ground is Bharhut hill
Yaksha relief at Bharhut being worshipped as Hanuman

Bharhut (भरहुत) or Barhut (बरहुत), is a location in Madhya Pradesh, Central India, known for its famous Buddhist stupa. The Bharhut stupa may have been established by the Maurya king Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, but many works of art were apparently added during the Sunga period, with many friezes from the 2nd century BCE. An epigraph on the gateway mention its erection "during the supremacy of the Sungas"[4] by Vatsiputra Dhanabhuti[5].


The place gets name Bharhut after its rulers of clan Bhar or Rajbhar. It became Bharhut over a period of time.[6] Bharhut was located on route from Kosambi, the capital of Vatsa Janapada to Vidisha, the capital of Dasharna janapada.[7] On this very route is situated another important ancient Buddhist stupa of Deur Kothar discovered very recently, which is 140 kms away from Bharhut in northeast direction in Rewa district. The origin of the word 'Bharhut' would have been from 'Bhar-Bhukti', which means 'the country of Bhars'. Bharbhukti later changed to Bharhut. [8] Bhar is the gotra of Jats found in Districtt Hisar in Haryana. They are also in Punjab who were originally from Rajasthan. Similarly Bharshiv, derived from Bhar, is also a Jat gotra originated from Nagavansh[9]

T.W. Rhys Davids writes that Bharhat and Bharhut both names are correct but Bharhat is more correct. He has mentioned both the names in his book. [10] He writes that plate 13 of Bharhut stupa depicts Raja Prasenjita 600 BCE on a chariot with 24 spiked Dhamma Chakra of Buddha. [11] This shows that Raja Prasenjit was not only the follower of Buddhism but had also adopted Buddha's Dhamma Chakra as state symbol. [12]

Distribution

They are found in Multan area in Pakistan. [13],[14]

In India they are found in Hisar district in Haryana, Tonk district in Rajasthan.

Villages in Hisaar district

Village Singhwa Khas,

Villages in Tonk district

Raghunathpura Parli (रघुनाथपुरा पारली) village in Malpura tahsil in Tonk district in Rajasthan has population of Bhar Jats.

References

  1. ↑ Prof. Suddyumn Acharya, Bharhut Stoopa Gatha (Hindi), Ed. Ramnarayan Singh Rana, Satna, 2007, p. 41
  2. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 272
  3. ↑ http://www.jatland.com/home/Glossary_of_Rajasthani_Language/B
  4. ↑ John Marshall, "An Historical and Artistic Description of Sanchi", from A Guide to Sanchi, citing p. 11. Calcutta: Superintendent, Government Printing (1918). Pp. 7-29 on line, Project South Asia.
  5. ↑ [1]
  6. ↑ Prof. Suddyumn Acharya, Bharhut Stoopa Gatha (Hindi), Ed. Ramnarayan Singh Rana, Satna, 2007, p. 41
  7. ↑ M.L. Chadhar, Bharhut Stoopa Gatha (Hindi), Ed. Ramnarayan Singh Rana, Satna, 2007, p. 65
  8. ↑ Dr Naval Viyogi: Nagas the Ancient Rulers of India, 2002, p.332
  9. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 272
  10. ↑ T.W. Rhys Davids, The Buddhist India, 1971, p. 209
  11. ↑ T.W. Rhys Davids, The Buddhist India, 1971, p. 91
  12. ↑ Dr C.D. Naik, Bharhut Stoopa Gatha (Hindi), Ed. Ramnarayan Singh Rana, Satna, 2007, p. 25
  13. ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), Book by Bhim Singh Dahiya, IRS, First Edition 1980, Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd, AB/9 Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi-110064, p. 333
  14. ↑ A.C. Rose:'Tribes and Castes', Vol. I, p. 84

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