Gandhar
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Gandhar (गंधार) Gandhari (गंधारी) Gandhar (गांधार) Gandila (गंडीला) Gadir (गडीर) is gotra of Jats. This gotra originated from place named Kandahar in Afghanistan. Kandahar became Gandhar and people were also known by name Gandhar. They are also called so being the descendants of Gandhari of Mahabharata. [1] They find mention in Mahabharata Shalya Parva shloka 26:
- जयशब्थं ततश चक्रुर थेवाः सर्वे सवासवाः
- गन्धर्वयक्षा रक्षांसि मुनयः पितरस तदा |26|
- jayaśabdaṃ tataś cakrur devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ
- gandharvayakṣā rakṣāṃsi munayaḥ pitaras tathā |26|
References
- ↑ 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
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