Gelan
Gelan (गेलन)is a Jat clan found in Multan, Pakistan[1].
Origin
History
Bhim Singh Dahiya[2] traces Gills to the people of Greece. They are the Aegi of Herodotus, Gelae of Strabo and others and Gili/Gille of modern Central Asia. Gelanis are mentioned in a passage of Ammianus Marcellinus. J. Marquart tried to substitute Segestian in place of Gelan perhaps to prove that Sakasthan (Sacestene of the Greeks) was independent up to 350 AD. In the heyday of Gills, the Caspian sea was called the Sea of Gilani. He[3] opines that people of this tribe came in the company of Alexander. Then settled in Kabul, Kandahar and Punjab. One of the sons of Hercules was named Gilla. It is also possible that ancestors of Gills came to Greece from Middle Asia and then to India.
Notable persons
References
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/G,p.282
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers, p. 254
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers
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