Manju
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Manju (मांजू) is gotra of Jats. The people from place called Manjh (मांझ) were known as Manju. [1] Majha is the region in Punjab comprising of Amritsar and Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran districts. They are found in Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Hanumangarh districts of Rajasthan. Also found in Punjab. They are found in sizable population in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh.
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One of six Mede (Manda) tribes in Herodotus
Manju is one of six Mede Manda tribes described by Herodotus as Buddi. Herodotus, i. 101, lists the names of six Mede (Manda) tribes: Thus Deioces collected the Medes (Manda) into a nation, and ruled over them alone. Now these are the tribes of which they consist: the Busae, the Paretaceni, the Struchates, the Arizanti ( Aryan Jats), the Budii (Budhwar), and the Magi (Manju). [2]
Villages in Sikar district
Villages in Jhunjhunu district
Manju ki dhani,Bhurasar,Bhurasar ka bass,Samaspur
Villages in Nagaur district
Villages in Hanumangarh district
Distribution in Punjab
Khanpur,
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Mandsaur district
Betikheri, Kacharia Jat, Laduna (Sitamau), Pipalkhuta, Rajnagar (Sitamau),
Natable persons of this gotra
Reference
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medes Six Mede tribes in Herodotus on Wikipedia]
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