Gawania

Gawania (गावणिया) is a gotra of Jats.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Gawania = Gebanitæ (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia....The remaining places and nations on the mainland, lying still to the south, are the Ausaritæ, to whose country it is seven days' journey among the mountains, the nations of the Larendani and the Catabani, and the Gebanitæ, who occupy a great number of towns, the largest of which are Nagia, and Thomna with sixty-five temples, a number which fully bespeaks its size.

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