Kantwa

Kantwa (कांटवा) Kantawa (कांटवा) Jats live in Jaipur and Nagaur districts in Rajasthan and Bhiwani district in Haryana.

Mention by Panini

Kantaka (कंटक) is name of a place mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi under Kashadi (काशादि) (4.2.80.5) group.

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions 'The Indus'....The Indus, called Sindis by the natives, rises in that branch of the Caucasian range which bears the name of Paropanisus,¹ and runs in an easterly direction, receiving in its course the waters of nineteen rivers. The most famous of these are the Hydaspes,² into which four other rivers have already discharged themselves, the Cantaba,³ which receives three other rivers, the Acesinus, and the Hypasis,⁴ which last two are navigable themselves.

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1 Or Hindoo Koosh. In this statement he is supported by Arrian, Strabo, Mela, and Quintus Curtius. It rises, however, a considerable distance on the north-east side of the Himalaya.

2 The modern Jhelum.

3 Some writers suppose that this must be the same as the Hydraotes, or modern Ravi River, because the latter is not otherwise found mentioned in the list given by Pliny. The name, however, leaves but little doubt that Pliny had heard of the Acesines under its Indian name of Chandabragha, and out of it has made another river.

4 The modern Sutlej.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Kantwa = Cantaba = Chandrabhaga (Pliny.vi.23)

Kantu village

• कांटु (जाट गोत्र - कांटवा) : कांटु नाम का गाँव झारखंड के पश्चिमी सिंहभूम जिले की गुदरी विकास-खंड में है।

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Jaipur district

Gainji, Hirnoda (65), Kalakh (1), Kalyanpura Sewa (13), Lordi, Mendwas (23), Samota Ka Bas,

Villages in Nagaur district

Hirani, Indali,

Distribution in Haryana

Villages in Bhiwani district

Barsi Jattan,

Notable Persons

• Kuldeep Kantwa - From village Barsi Jattan in Bhiwani, Mob:(9992008060)

See also

Katwa

References

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