Kasina

Kasina (कसीना)/Kasna (कसणा) is a gotra of Jats.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Kasina = Casiri (Pliny.vi.20)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions 'The Seres'....After the Attacori, we find the nations of the Phruri and the Tochari, and, in the interior, the Casiri, a people of India, who look toward the Scythians, and feed on human flesh. Here are also numerous wandering Nomad tribes of India. There are some authors who state that in a north-easterly direction these nations touch upon the Cicones¹¹ and the Brysari.

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11 See B. iv. c. 18.

References

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