Janjau

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Janjau (जन्जौ)[1] [ Janjauha (जनजौहा) Janjoha (जंजोहा)[2][3] Janjon (जनजोन))/Janjau (जंजौ)/Janjauwa (जंजौवा)/Janjuwa (जंजुवा)[4] is a gotra of Jats. It is a branch of Yaudheya/ (Johiya) gotra.[5]

Origin

Jat Gotras Namesake

History

According to Ram Swarup Joon,[6]Tiwana and Janjoha both gotras consider themselves to be descendants of king Risalu of Sialkot. There is a well known saying among them that when the king was killed by the enemy his queen fled with her three princes called Taih, Jaihu and Saihu after whom the three gotra are named.

Janjoha are all followers of Islam today. They are spread all through Western Punjab. Janjoha Rajputs also inhabited in the Salt Ranges.


Ram Sarup Joon[7] writes that Thaka, Janjoha and Bath gotras are branches of Yaudheya/ (Johiya) gotra. According to the Mahabharata Yodhya Kings gave presents on the coronation ceremony of Yudhisthira. Arrian, the historian of Alexander the Great, also refers to Yodha ruling dynasty.

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