Mehria

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Mehria (मेहरिया) Mehariya (मेहरिया) Meheria (मेहरिया) Mehiwal (मेहीवाल) Mahe (महे) Mahit (माहित) Mehria (मेहरिया) Mehariya (मेहरिया) Maharia (महरिया) Mahariya (महरिया) Maheria (महेरिया) Maharya (महरया) Meharya (मेहरया) is a gotra of Jats found in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in India. These are very old gotras. People settled on the banks of Mahi river were called Maheria. ^[1]

History

In the 8th generation of the Mirhas there lived a king called Mahit. His descendants were called Mahi, Mahe. In about the first century AD, Darunpur, some where near Sujangarh, was the capital of Mahe Kings.

According to the census of 1911 their number was about 7000. The Mahe dynasty has been mentioned in the Mahabharata.

In the "Prithviraj Basa" and in the Alha-Udal stories there are references to the Mahal Kings.

The Mahiwal Jats are found in large number in the Western Punjab, but they are spread all over Northern India.

Distribution in Rajasthan

The Mehria gotra is found in Rajasthan.

Villages in Sikar district

kansarda, kudan, sikar, singodra,

Villages in Jodhpur district

Jodhpur

Villages in Churu district

Parihara,

Locations in Jaipur city

Khatipura,

Villages in Tonk district

Maharya (महरया) Jats live in villages: Pasrotya (2),

Meharya (मेहरया) Jats live in villages: Pachewar (1),

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Atarsama (Harda) Bhopal,

Notable persons of this gotra

• Subhash Maharia
• Ram Deo Singh Mahria

Reference

1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 275

• Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)

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