Pandya

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Pandya (पंड्या) gotra Jats live in Tonk district in Rajasthan.

History

The Pandyas were one of numerous kingdsoms of ancient India viz. Dwaraka, Kasi, Magadha, Matsya, Chedi, Pandya and the Yadus of Mathura who were allies of Pandavas.

Parva called Karna in Mahabharata narrates the appointment of the wise king of Madra as (Karna's) charioteer. Then the history of the fall of the Asura Tripura. Then the application to each other by Karna and Salya of harsh words on their setting out for the field, then the story of the swan and the crow recited in insulting allusion: then the death of Pandya at the hands of the high-souled Aswatthaman; then the death of Dandasena; then that of Darda; then Yudhishthira's imminent risk in single combat with Karna in the presence of all the warriors; then the mutual wrath of Yudhishthira and Arjuna; then Krishna's pacification of Arjuna. In this Parva, Bhima, in fulfilment of his vow, having ripped open Dussasana's breast in battle drank the blood of his heart. Then Arjuna slew the great Karna in single combat.

The Hathigumpha inscription of king Kharavela at Bhubneswar mentions about a Pandya king in Line 13 as under:

Line 13 - [His Majesty] caused to erect towers with strong and beautiful gateways at the cost of two thousand coins. [His Majesty] obtained horses, elephants and jewels losing strange and wonderful elephants and ships. The King of Pandya caused to be brought here (capital Kalinga Nagri) various pearls, jewels and precious stones hundred thousand in number.

Villages in Tonk district

Bhanwati (1),

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