Mitya

Mitya (मिटया) gotra Jats live in Tonk district in Rajasthan.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Mitya = Mitæi (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia.... Lying in the interior, and joining up to the Atramitæ, are the Mitæi; are the Minæ; the Elamitæ⁴¹ dwell on the sea-shore, in a city from which they take their name.

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41 Hardouin is doubtful as to this name, and thinks that it ought to be Elaitæ, or else Læanitæ, the people again mentioned below.

History

In the Wardak Inscription of year 51 of Havishka, the Kushana ruler, we find links to four Jat clans namely, Gulya, Burdak, Rahan and Mitya.

Villages in Tonk district

Lakholai (1),

References

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