Kasya

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Kasya (कास्या) or Kashya (काश्य) is gotra of Jats. They were Suryavansh people, who ruled in Kashi. When they lost their kingdom of Kashi to the Magadha, moved from there to else where. Since they had com from Kashi hence known as Kashya or Kashiwat.

Kasya gotra Jats live in Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

Jat villages in Mandsaur district

Malhargarh

See also

• Jat clans as described by Megasthenes

Reference

• Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998

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