Chhina

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Chhina (छीना) Chheena (छीना) is a gotra of Jats dwelling in Punjab. Hiuen-Tsang mentions a kingdom of Chinabhukti in eastern Punjab. ^[1] Chhinas are now found near Jullundhar and it is the place where certain Chinese prisoners were kept by the Kushana rulers. Markandeya Purana ^[2]] and Mahabharata ^[3] places them with the Kambojas. Mahavatsu mentions their assembly whose decisions were binding. ^[4]

Chhinas are also mentioned by Varahamihira, alongwith 'Jatasura' (Jata + Asura), Potals, Bhallas etc.^[5] Mahabharata Bhisma Parva in Sanskrit mentions about the province of Chhinas along with Mirdhas and mali clans in shloka 65 as under;

तदैव मरधाश चीनास तदैव दश मालिकाः

कषत्रियॊपनिवेशाश च वैश्यशूद्र कुलानि च (VI .10.65)

Chhina in Sabha Parva Mahabharata:

चीनान हूनाञ शकान ओडून पर्वतान्तरवासिनः

वार्ष्णेयान हारहूणांश च कृष्णान हैमवतांस तदा (II.47.19)

Distribution

Chhina population is 5,838 in Amritsar district.^[6]

They are found in Nayagaon Jawad in Nimach district in Madhya Pradesh.

Notable persons from this clan

• H S Chhina – IAS, Chief Secretary Government of Punjab in 1976

See also

• Cheema

References

1. ↑ A. Cunningham, op. cit., p. 230
2. ↑ Ch.57. verse, 39
3. ↑ Bhisma Parva IX
4. ↑ Vol. I, p. 171
5. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya: Jats the Ancient Rulers, p. 268
6. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.124

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