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Moond (मूंड) Munda (मुण्ड) Mund (मूंड) Mund (मुंड) is a clan of Jats. This gotra gets name after place called Mandovar (मंडोवर).[1] They have been mentioned by Megasthenes as Monedes. (See - Jat clans as described by Megasthenes)

Moond Jats are found in Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana states in India. They live in Districts Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Bikaner, Barmer, Jaipur, Hanumangarh and Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

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Mundas in Mahabharata

तरिशिठा दविशिखाश चैव तदा सप्त शिखाः परे
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Mundas the rulers in Magadha

Bhim Singh Dahiya has mentioned about the rule of Munda people in Magadha. The inscriptional evidences show that Jat rulers and tribes in north India from Kabul to Cuttack, in the period following the disintegration of Kushanas empire. Particularly Magadha area was under the rule of people who had the title, Murunda. They are admitted to be Sakas or Scythians. [3]

The Geographike of Ptolemy says that in 140 AD, the Murundas were established in the valley of the river Sarabos or Sarayu. [4] Half a century later, Oppien mentions the "Muruandien" as a Gangetic people. [5] S R Goyal quotes several other Jain authorities to show that Patliputra in particular, as well as Kanyakubja were ruled by Murundas/Sakas. The Jain ascetic, Padlipta Suri, cured the Murunda ruler of Patliputra of terrible headache and converted him to Jainism. [6] During the reign of Wu dynasty (220 - 227 AD) Fan Chen, the King of Kambodia, according to PC Bagchi sent his relative as ambassador to the Indian King of Patliputra. The ambassador was heartily welcomed and the gesture was returned by the Indian king who sent two men as ambassador as well as four horses of the Yue-chi i.e. the Jat country, as presents to the King of Kambodia. According to this account Buddhism was in prosperous state at that time in Magadha and the title of the king was Meouloun. This title has been identified with Murunda and this shows that in the middle of third century AD the Murundas were still ruling over Patliputra. [7] These Murunda rulers of Patliputra had special relations with Peshawar. It was but natural, for, after all Murundas and Kushanas both belonged to the same Scithian stock. [8]

From this it is clear that racially the rulers of Magadha in the third century AD were identical with Kushanas, ruling Afghanistan. In the Puranas they are mentioned as ruling India after the Tukharas (Takhar Jats) and Puranas also say that 13 kings of Murunda dynasty ruled India. It is significant that the Puranas also mention that these Murunda rulers destroyed the caste system and, in the language of Purans, they raised "low caste people" to high offices and all these people were of "Mleccha" origin. The Vishnu Purana correctly gives the clan name of these people as Munda - a still existing Jat clan. The title Murunda means "Lord", in Saka language, as per Sten Konow. [9]

Thus the literary evidence and evidence of Puranas shows that immediately before the Guptas, the Mundas were ruling over Magadha and their rule lasted for about two centuries, by taking 15 years for one rule. It is unfortunate that none of the thirteen rulers, is even named in the Indian history. This is really a pity for the Indian historians. Apparently, all this was deliberately done to remove all traces of the rule of the Jats which lasted for many centuries in all parts of India. It is possible that the Puranas, which were revised during or after the Gupta age, deliberately excluded details of these Jat rulers. [10]

Thus inscriptional as well as the literary and Puranic evidence shows that various Jat clans ruling in North India. The Varikas, the Mauryas, the Mundas, the Kushanas, the Taanks, etc. are of them. Various other clans having republic governments, mentioned in the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta, are still existing Jat clans. This clear picture of different Jat clans ruling in different parts of north India is striking and can not be ignored by any writer of Indian history. [11]

Origin

According to the bard of this dynasty king Gaj of Ghazni had two sons named Mangal Rao and Masur Rao. Mangal Rao was the ruler of Lahore and Masur Rao of Sialkot. Foreign invaders drove both of them out of their kingdoms. Masur Rao fled away to the deserts of Rajasthan. He had two sons named Abhai Rao and Saran Rao. Descendants of Abhai Rao came to be called Bhurhya Bhatti and those of Saran Rao, Saran. Mangal Rao had six sons, named Mojam Rao, Gulrish, Moolraj, Sheoraj, Kewl Rao and Phul Rao. Descendants of Gulrish came to be called Gloraya or Kiliraya, those of Moolraj, Munda and those Sheoraj, Sheoran. Descendants of Kewal Rao and Phul Rao adopted pottery as their profession and were called Kumhar. [12]


Ramesh Chandra Gunarthi[13], in his book "Rajasthani Jatiyon ki Khoj" (1977), has mentioned about the origin of this gotra. One of the sons of Raja Mangal Rao Bhojsi of Bhati clan was Moonda who joined Jats. The descendants of Moonda are known as Moond. The capital of Moond Kings was at village Mandore in Jodhpur district. Some Other places connected with the history of Moonds are Munda (Churu district), Mundsar (Bikaner district), Mundara (Pali district), Mandawa (Jhunjhunu district) etc.


People belonging to Kiliraya and Munda gotras are found in Bikaner State.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Moond gotra Jats are found in Distt Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Bikaner and Jodhpur of Rajasthan.

Locations in Jaipur city

Ambabari, Khatipura, Murlipura Scheme, Vidyadhar Nagar,

Villages in Sikar district

Bhainrupura, Chaindas Ki Dhani, Dhani Piploda, Ghassu ka Bas, Hardayalpura, Kolida, Moondwara, Piprali, Mandeta, Shivsinghpura, Sihot Chhoti, Sikar, Sola Patoda, Swami ki Dhani, Swami ki Dhani (Nechhwa)

Villages in Jhunjhunu district

Ajri Katla, Bajawa, Jakhal, Jhunjhunu, Majhau,

Villages in Barmer district

Bataru, Kekad,

Villages in Bikaner district

Kalu, Kolayat, Ranisar,

Villages in Hanumangarh district

Amarpura-Jalukhat, Dholipal, Katheda, Kharakhera, Nagrana, Ratanpura, Sangaria,

Distribution in Punjab

Bhaguwala,

Notable persons from this gotra

  • Harchand Ram Moond - Social reformer
  • Ratan Lal Moond - RJS Rajasthan
  • Nathu Ram Chaudhary (Moondh) - Chief Engineer, Railways, IES 1985 from Baytu (Barmer)

References

  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. 276
  2. ↑ (Mahabharata 6.56)
  3. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats: The Ancient Rulers, p.188
  4. ↑ P C Bagchi, op. cit., p.133
  5. ↑ S. Chatopadhyaya, Ethnic History of North India, p.117
  6. ↑ S R Goyal, A history of Imperial Guptas, p. 57
  7. ↑ PC Bagchi, op. cit., p. 134
  8. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats: The Ancient Rulers, p.189
  9. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats: The Ancient Rulers, p.189 - 190
  10. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats: The Ancient Rulers, p.190
  11. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats: The Ancient Rulers, p.191
  12. ↑ Jat Samaj: Agra, October, 1993
  13. ↑ Ramesh Chandra Gunarthi, Savar, Ajmer (1977): Rajasthani Jatiyon ki khoj


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