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Sel (सेल) Sail (सैल) Shail (शैल) is gotra of Jats. This gotra originated from the state called Sailana (सैलाणा). ^[1] They are mentioned in Mahabharata Shalya Parva shloka 58 as under:

उथराक्षॊ झषाक्षश च वज्रनाभॊ वसु परभः

समुथ्रवेगॊ राजेन्थ्र शैलकम्पी तदैव च ।। 58 ।।

History

Sudan, The court poet of Maharaja Suraj Mal, in Sujan Charitra mentions about Sen people fighting in the army Maharaja Suraj Mal against Jaipur State as under:

गुनवंत गूदर चट्ठियौ, सर सेल सांगन मट्ठियौ

सजियौ प्रचन्ड सुभोंगरे, जितवार जंगन के खरे

Distribution

The Jats of this gotra are found in District Ajmer, Pali and Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

Villages in Jodhpur district

Jodhpur, Bera Chautina,

Villages in Ajmer district

Kalesra, Ajmer

Villages in Pali district

Chandawal Nagar,

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.283

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