Gandas
Gandas (गंडास)[1] [2] Gadas (गडास) Gedas (गेडास)[3][4] Gadasia (गडासिया) Gandasia (गंडासिया) Gadasia (गड़ासिया)[5] Gardasik (गरडासिक) is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Ganda (गंडा) are found in Pakistan. Ganda/Gandu clan is found in Afghanistan. [6] Gendas (गंडास) is a small Jat tribe or got found in tahsils Sangrur and Dadri (now Bhiwani) of Jind. [7].
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Origin
Its name is said to be derived either from gandasa ((गंडास)) [8], an Axe, or Gendwas, a village in tahsil Hissar. [9].
In Mahabharata
Mahabharata Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 mentions about them as Gonandas under in shloka 60.[10]
History
According to H.A. Rose[11] writes that the Bagri Jats have certain sections which might appear totemistic, but very rarely is any reverence paid to the totem. Such are :— Gandasia, a form of axe, in tahsil Hansi, Hisar, Haryana.
Villages founded by Gandas clan
- Kherli Gadasiya (खेड़ली गडासिया) (Kherli Gadasia) - village in tahsil Bayana District- Bharatpur in Rajasthan.
- Salasar Balaji - Gandas gotra Jats developed it as 'Gandas ki Dhani'. Tetarwal Gotra Jats named the Salasar Balaji as Tetarwal ki Dhani. Thkur Salam Singh occupied this area and changed the place name from Tetarwal ki Dhani to Salamsar which became Salasar.
King of Babylon
List of Kings of Babylon contains name of Gandaš (fl. ca. 1730 BC)
During Gupta dynasty
In Gupta inscriptions Names of the Vithi-Mahattaras (Vithi-elders) have been mentioned. Kalaikuri Sultanpur Copper-plate Inscription of the Gupta Year 120 (=A.D. 439) mentions about Ganda as a name of Vithi-elders in Line-4. According to lexicographers Ganda means 'the chief; best, excellent' [12] and thus can signify a hero. The term is also used for the animal rhinoceros, so it can also be a case of a name based on the name of an animal.
The custom of deriving names from animals was unknown in the Vedic period. [13] But in Panini we find such references. [14]
Gandas rulers of Gorir
About 1500 years ago a group of Maan people came from Ghazni and settled at place called 'Balavansa' near Delhi. The village Dhosi is surrounded by hills and situated near Narnaul in Haryana. Large number of people come to this place from far off places every year. Many temples and kunds have been constructed here. A fair is also organized at this place. Prior to the Maan people came, Gandas gotra Jats were the rulers here. Bijal Singh was married to Gaurandevi, daughter of Nagal. He founded a village called 'Gorir' in the name of Gaurandevi at a distance of 3 km from Dhosi.
Gandas in Salasar
About five centuries back the present Salasar area was inhabited by Gandas gotra Jats and known as 'Gandas ki Dhani'. At one time there became a severe scarcity of drinking water due to famines in the area. A saint came to the village at that time and on the request of villagers pointed out a spot to dig a well suitable for drinking water. At the same time he warned that the person who would dug the well would meet death. The villagers thought it better to leave the place and the Gandas people moved away. [15]
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Alwar district
Villages in Chittorgarh district
Mangrol, Jamlawda (4), Soobi (2),
Villages in Jaipur district
Hirnoda (70),
Villages in Bharatpur district
Villages in Nagaur district
Villages in Churu district
Bhatwala,Khejra, Sujangarh (7), Melusar,
Villages in Hanumangarh district
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Nimach district
Aspura (1), Harwar (1), Kesarpura (1), Khor Vikram (5), Kundala (5), Morvan (2), Roop Pura(1),
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Gurgaon district
Villages in Jind district
Gendas Jats are found in Jind district in Haryana. [16],[17]
Villages in Bhiwani district
Distrbution in Punjab
Villages in Patiala district
- Gandan, Khanpur Gandean, Kheri Gandean villages in Rajpura tahsil in Patiala district in Punjab.
Distrbution in Pakistan
According to 1911 census the Ganda were the principal Muslim Jat clan in :
Notable person from this gotra
- Charan Singh Choudhary (Gardasik) - A.En. PWD, Date of Birth : 1-September-1957,VPO- Kherli Gadasia, disstt.- Bharatpur,Present Address : 37, Bajrang Vihar, near Durgapura Rly.Station, Jaipur, Phone Number : 0141-2760571, Mob : 9314479207, Email: hilarious.05.08.87@gmail.com
- Amit Gandas - RAS, From village:Bhatwala (Sardarshahar), Churu
- Kalyan chaudhary -Hirnoda
- Kailash Chandra Gandas- from khejara is govt. sr. teacher at higher secondary school sardarshahar...
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References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ग-111
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, 2010, p.299
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, 2010, p.299
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ग-96.
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, 2010, p.299
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan:H. W. Bellew, p.96,109,112,121,127
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/G,p.283
- ↑ Mahipal Arya, Jat Jyoti, August 2013,p. 14
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/G,p.283
- ↑ परियकश चैव नन्दश च गॊनन्दश च परतापवान । आनन्दश च परमॊदश च सवस्तिकॊ धरुवकस तदा (IX.44.60)
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.376
- ↑ Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier Williams, p. 344, col. 1.
- ↑ V.S. Agrawala, India as Known to Panini, p. 186.
- ↑ Panini, II. 1.56 : उपमितं व्यघ्रादिभि: सामान्यप्रयोगे, Cf. Panini, V. 3.81. The names of species adopted as personal names, e.g. Vyaghraka, Simhaka.
- ↑ Subhash Bedharak:balaji Itihas, Pub: Rudmal Booksheller, Chomu, ISBN;81-903003-0-X, p.9
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), Bhim Singh Dahiya, p. 333
- ↑ Rose:'Tribes and Castes', Vol. II, p. 283
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