Meriya
Meriya (मेरिया) Meria (मेरिया) Meran (मेरान) Meriha (मेरिहा)[1] is Gotra of Jats found in Madhya Pradesh. Meran is a branch of Chauhans.
Origin
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Meriya = Meroë (Pliny.vi.35, Pliny.vi.35, , Pliny.vi.38, Pliny.vi.39)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] 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.
29 Heliopolis, described in B. v. c. 4.
History
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
Villages in Ujjain district
Notable persons
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References
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