Gabar

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Gabar (गबर) or Gaawar (गावर) or Gawar (गावर) is a gotra of Jats. Gawar (गावर) has started from word Gawhar. There is mention of a republic of name Gawhar in Mahabharata period. [1]

They are mentioned in the Markandeya Purana as Gabalah. [2] Gabar of Zabar in Persian means high or superior. [3]

Distribution

Gavar Khap has 104 villages in Mathura district.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 236
  2. ↑ op, cit, LVII, 36
  3. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi,
  4. ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991

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