Dara

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Dara (डारा) Daara (डारा) Dar (डार) is gotra of Jats found in Distt Sikar, Pali and Hanumangarh, Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

Dara in Parthian Stations

See Parthian Stations

Parthian Stations by Isidore of Charax^[1], is an account of the overland trade route between the Levant and India, in the 1st century BCE, The Greek text with a translation and commentary by Wilfred H. Schoff. Transcribed from the Original London Edition, 1914. The Parthian Stations of Isidore of Charax, fragmentary as it is, is one of the very few records of the overland trade-route in the period of struggle between Parthia and Rome.

1. For those who cross the Euphrates, next to Zeugma is the city of Apamia, and then the village of Daeara (Dara). It is 3 schoeni distant from Apamia and the river Euphrates. Then Charax Sidae, called by the Greeks the city of Anthemusias, 5 schoeni: beyond which is Coraea, in Batana (Bhatona), a fortified place: 3 schoeni.

13. Beyond is Apauarcticena (the Zapaortenon of Justin), 27 schoeni, in which is the city of Apauarctica (Possibly Dara, built by the Parthian King Tiridates about B.C. 230 as his residence, supplanting the Greek city of Hecatompylos; very near the modern Meshed). Then the city of Ragau and two villages.

Dara by Megasthenes

Dara is one of Jat clans mentioned by Megasthenes. He mentions them below the deserts: The Dari (Dara), the Surae (Soora), the Maltecorae, Singhae (Singhal), Marohae (Maurya), Rarungae (Rara), Moruni (Mor). These inhabit the hills which in an unbroken chain run parallel to the shores of the ocean. They are free and have no kings, and occupy the mountain heights, whereon they have built many cities

Dara village in Kota district

List of protected monuments by archaeological survey of India in Rajasthan in Kota district has three sites out of them one is Dara: ^[2]

1. Charchoma-Shiva Temple and two unpublished Gupta Inscriptions
2. Dara- Temple, Fortwall and Statues
3. Kanswa - Temple with Inscription

Villages in Sikar district

Garinda,

Villages in Pali district

Chandawal Nagar, Mandiyan,

Villages in Nagaur district

Degana, Kalwa,

Villages in Jodhpur district

Bisalpur,

Locations in Jaipur city

Ambabari,

Reference

1. ↑ Parthian stations
2. ↑ http://museumsrajasthan.gov.in/mounment_11.htm

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