Masla

Masla (मासला) Masala (मासला) Gotra Jats live in Tonk district in Rajasthan.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Masala = Masala (Pliny.vi.32) = Masthala by Ptolemy.

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia..... Next comes a town, fourteen miles distant, called Marippa, and belonging to the Palamaces, a place by no means to be overlooked, and then Carnon. The Rhadamæi also—these too are supposed to derive their origin⁵² from Rhadamanthus, the brother of Minos—the Homeritæ⁵³, with their city of Masala⁵⁴, the Hamirei, the Gedranitæ, the Amphyræ,...

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52 A story as probable, Hardouin observes, as that about the descendants of Minos.

53 The Arabs of Yemen, known in Oriental history by the name of Himyari, were called by the Greeks Homeritæ.

54 An inland city, called Masthala by Ptolemy.

Masalwa village

• मसलवा (जाट गोत्र - मासला) : मसलवा नाम का गाँव झारखंड के सराइकेला खरसावाँ जिले की गम्हरिया विकास-खंड में है।

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Tonk district

Janka (4),

Masala Village in Wardha district

Masala village is in Wardha tahsil and district in Maharashtra.

Reference

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