Harit

Harit (हरित) is gotra of Jats and an ancient king mentioned in Puranas. Harita is a janapada mentioned in Mahabharata part of Shalmala.

Variants

• Harit हरित/Harita हरित (AS, p.1009)

Origin of Jat Gotra

The descendants of Raja Harit (हरित), great grandson of Mandhata.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Harit = Herticei (Pliny.vi.7)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Lake Mieotis and the adjoining nations....Others again represent the Ocharius as running through the Cantici and the Sapæi, and the Tanais as passing through the territories of the Sarcharcei, the Herticei, the Spondolici, the Synhietæ, the Anasi, the Issi, the Catetæ, the Tagoræ, the Caroni, the Neripi, the Agandei, the Mandarei, the Satarchei, and the Spalei.

History

Ram Swarup Joon writes... Gaurs are Brahmins as well as Kshatriyas. They trace their origin to Suryavanshi King Mandhata, Mandhatha's mother's name was Goran, who was a Chandravanshi.

According to the "Vayu Purana" (Ansha 99. shloka 130) Mandhata was therefore called Gaur Naresh. According to Bhagwat Datt, both Gaur Brahmins and Gaur Kshatriyas started from King Mandhatha and the Harit gotra started from his great grandson. During the advent of Islam in Afghanistan the ruler of that place belonged to Ghore dynasty. His name was Subhag Sen. Even now there are a large number of people belonging to this dynasty in Zabalisthan and are called Ghorzai. Shahahuddin Mohammed Ghori belonged to this very dynasty. Ghore is a branch of the Baluches also, but they are not accepted as proper Baluchis. Bhagor in Bikaner was the capital of the Ghor kings, from where they were driven out by the people belonging to Bal Clan. After that they settled down in the mountainous county of Ajmer where they are found in large numbers even today. Bundi and Sirohi were also under their occupation. The Chauhan clan conquered the Ghors. Their inscriptions have also been found in Malwa and Bhind. The Bhandon Ghor kings ruled in Bhandra in district Hissar, and they were included in 35 royal clans. Jurel also belonged to Bhadon Ghor Clans.

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Bhaleram Beniwal tells us that One of sons of Mandhata was Ambarish. His son was Yuvanashva and his son was Harit who was a great Rishi.

हरित

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...हरित विष्णु पुराण 2,4,29 के अनुसार शाल्मलद्वीप का एक वर्ष या भाग जो इस द्वीप के राजा वपुष्मान के पुत्र हरित के नाम पर प्रसिद्ध है.

References

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