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Hala (हाला) gotra Jats are found in Sindh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

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History

According to the Bards of the Hala gotra, king Shalivahan, son of Gaj founded his capital at Sorath in Gujarat, where the descendants of king Krishna, brother of king Shalbahan ruled for several generations.[1]

In the tenth generation there was a powerful King named Hala. For 22 generations thereafter this country up to Nasik was ruled by this dynasty and was called Halar. The empire included Bengal, Karnataka, Gujrat, Sindh and Kashmir. This kingdom lasted from 187 Vikram to 227 Vikram. [2]

According to Thakur Deshraj there was a great king in Andhra-vansh named Hala around 69 AD. The descendants of Maharaja Hala came from south to north and settled in uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Jat groups of these Kshatriyas were known as Hala. [3]

Bhim Singh Dahiya gives details of coins of a king named Ripu Salya found which have fire altar on them. V S Agarwal says, "they migrated from west through Baluchistan and sindh, where they left the traces of their name in Salvka-giri, (mentioned by Panini) the present Hala mountains; and then advancing towards north Sauvira and along the Saraswati, finally settled in north Rajasthan. Satyavan was a Salva (Hala) prince and Savitri was a Madra or Maderna princess. Madras were descendants of Sibi's son Madraka. Their infantry is mentioned as Salva Padati on the basis of Modern name of mountain Hala. It is probable that the modern Hala Jats were called Salvas by ancients, but Sal/Syal is a separate Jat clan also. Elliot mentions a king, Hala, contemporary of Alexander. "Hāla syat sālvahana" says Amarkosha commentry by Kshira. (हाल स्यात् सालवाहतः) "Śālo Hāla nripe" says Vishva Prakash Kosha. Madhyamadhikara, in Siddhaānta Sārvabhauma, mentions Salivahana, author of Prakrat Saptaśati and adds, "Tadiya Śakah", तदीय शकः. The Hala-Hūṇān of Brihat Samhitā are the Halas. Sālva is an incarnation of Asura Ajaka proving their non-Indian origin, perhaps. [4] Kāsikā says Salva was a Kshatriya, whose descendants are called Salva/Syal.[5]

Mana (मान) and Hala (हाल) - Varahamihira mentions Mana and Hala together in his Brihat Samhita the name of a people [6] But these are two different clan names the Mana and the Hala / Hala . The Mana are separately mentioned as a people in Markandeya Purana and so are the Hala and their country in the North. [7] Mana was also supposed to be the name of Agastya’s father; and consequently his family is called Mana. [8] But it is doubtful, to say the least. Rig Veda mentions a Mana and also sons of Mana. (252-See SED, p. 793) [5]

Distribution

Muslim Jats of the Hala gotra are found in Sindh, while Hindu and Sikh Jats belonging to this gotra are found in Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab.

Natable persons of this gotra

  • Ram Lal Hala, Author of the book on Jat history - Jat Kshatriya Itihas

References

  1. ↑ Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967
  2. ↑ Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967
  3. ↑ Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 2nd edition 1992. Page 559
  4. ↑ Political and Social Movements of Ancient India (H C Ray Chowdhary), p. 109
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats, the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi
  6. ↑ Sanskrit English Dictionary ( M. Williams), p. 806
  7. ↑ ibid , p. 809 and p. 1293
  8. ↑ 251-ibid


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