Tun
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Tun (तूण) is gotra of Jats found in Afghanistan.[1]
Villages founded by Tun clan
- Tunwa (तूणवा) - village in Laxmangarh tahsil, Sikar district in Rajasthan.
Origin
It is of Nagavanshi Origin.
History
Tunwa (तूणवा) is a village in Laxmangarh tahsil, Sikar district in Rajasthan. Its ancient name, mentioned in Harsha Inscription 961 AD (L-38), was Tunakupaka (तूणकूपक). (See- Towns and Villages of Chauhan Dominions. S.No.88)
H. W. Bellew[2] writes that Tun or Tani, probably represent the Thrakian Thynoi, who moved into these parts in the time of Alexander, from their Asiatic settlement in Bithynia.
Notable persons
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.14,28
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, 1891, p.16
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