Partangan

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Partangan (परतङ्गण) Partangana (परतङ्गण) Paratangan (परतंगण) is gotra of Jats. This gotra originated from branch of Tangana (तङ्गण). ^[1]

Tangal (तंगल) Tangana (तंगण) is a gotra of Jats. They are mentioned as tangana (तंगण) in the Puranas. The Markendeya Purana and the Vayu Purana mention them. Mahabharata Sabha Parva mentioned the Tangana and Partangana i.e. the nearest and farther sections of these people. ^[2] Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. ^[3]

They have been mentioned in Mahabharata Bhisma Parva in shloka 63 as under:

हृषीविथर्भाः कान्तीकास तङ्गणाः परतङ्गणाः

उत्तराश चापरे मलेच्छा जना भरतसत्तम || 63 ||

Tanganas have been mentioned in Mahabharata in Kurukshetra War Day-2 fighting for Pandavas.

Reference

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. 264
2. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi , p. 290
3. ↑ Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat viron ka Itihasa

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