Meriya

Meriya (मेरिया) Meria (मेरिया) Meran (मेरान) Meriha (मेरिहा) is Gotra of Jats found in Madhya Pradesh. Meran is a branch of Chauhans.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Meriya = Meroë (Pliny.vi.35, Pliny.vi.35, , Pliny.vi.38, Pliny.vi.39)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Troglodytice....Juba states, too, that the inhabitants who dwell on the banks of the Nile from Syene as far as Meroë, are not a people of Æthiopia, but Arabians; and that the city of the Sun, which we have mentioned²⁹ as situate not far from Memphis, in our description of Egypt, was founded by Arabians.

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29 Heliopolis, described in B. v. c. 4.

Distribution in MP

Villages in Ratlam district

Villages in Ratlam district with population of Meriya (मेरिया) gotra are:

Namli 6, Rughnathgarh 3, Salakhedi 4,

Villages in Harda district

Ratatalai, Uman,

Villages in Ujjain district

Buranabad,

References

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