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Kothar (कोठार)[1] / Kotar (कोटार)[2]Kotar (कोतार)[3] is a gotra of Jats.[4] Kotar clan is found in Afghanistan.[5]
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Origin
These people get this name after Nagavanshi king of name Kuthara (कुठार).[6]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Deu + Kothar = Deorkothar = Deur Kothar is a site of archaeological importance in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh. It is known for its Buddhist stupas and was discovered in 1982.
Villages after Kotar
- कोटरिचारा (जाट गोत्र - कोटार) : कोटरिचारा नाम का गाँव झारखंड के सराइकेला खरसावाँ जिले की राजनगर विकास-खंड में है।
In Mahabharata
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 57 mentions the names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of this snake-sacrifice. Nagas of race of Dhritarashtra included Kuthara. [7]
See also
Kothar Village name
Kotharis a village inBali Tahsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n.क-20
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.32,sn-380.
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.32,sn-396.
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.296
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.117
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 229
- ↑ शङ्कुकर्णः पिङ्गलकः कुठार मुखमेचकौ । पूर्णाङ्गदः पूर्णमुखः परहसः शकुनिर हरिः Mahabharata (1.57.14)
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