Gahal
Gahal (गहल)[1] Gehal (गेहल)[2] Ghel (घेल)[3] is a gotra of Jats. They were supporters of Chauhan Confederacy.
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Origin
Name of Country in Ashtadhyayi
Gaha (गह) is a name of Country mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi under Gahadi (गहादि) (4.2.138) group. [4]
History
Manikgadh Fort: Manikgad was built by the last Mana Naga King - Gahilu. The Mana Nagas settled in this area around 9 CE. Initially, the fort was named Manikagad after the patron deity of the Mana Nagas - Manikadevi - but later on this was shortened to Manikgad.
Local legend holds that the fort was built by a Gond king named Mankyal (hence the name Manikgad). However, the lintel of the entrance gate has a Naga image carved in relief and not the Gond emblem of a lion and an elephant. So this legend is likely not true.[5]
A Sub division of Chauhan Confederacy
Bhim Singh Dahiya[6] provides us list of Jat clans who were supporters of the Chauhan when they gained political ascendancy. The Ghel clan supported the ascendant clan Chauhan and become part of a political confederacy.[7]
Distribution
Distribution
- Ghel village is in Ambala tahsil and district in Haryana.
- Ghel village is in Bassi Pathana tahsil in district Fatehgarh Sahib of Punjab in India.
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References
- ↑ Ompal Singh Tugania: Chahuan Vanshi Lakra Jaton Ka Itihas (Chapter 32)
- ↑ Jat Varna Mimansa (1910) by Pandit Amichandra Sharma,p. 56
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix I,p.316
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.509
- ↑ "Chandrapur District Gazetteer". Government of Maharashtra.
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix I,p.316-17
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.375-76
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