Pandar

Pandar (पाण्डर)/(पांडर) Pander (पंडेर) Pinder (पिंडेर) Pandhar (पांढर) is Gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.

Origin

• Pandar (पाण्डर) Jats are said to be descendants of Nagavanshi king Pandara (पाण्डर) /Pandaraka (पाण्डरक). (See - List of Naga Rajas).
• Pinara - Pinara was a large ancient city of Lycia not far from the western bank of the River Xanthos, homonymous with the ancient city of Xanthos (Jats in Greek). We know from ancient Greek texts that there was a cult of Pandarus, the Lycian hero of the Trojan War, in Pinara, which led some sources to conclude that he was a native of the city of Pinara. Pandar Jats are descendants of Nagavanshi king Pandara (पाण्डर). (See - List of Naga Rajas). This indicates the Pandara (पाण्डर)/Pandaraka (पाण्डरक) of ancient Indian sources was same as Pandarus, the Lycian hero of the Trojan War from Greek sources.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Pander = Pandæ (Pliny.vi.23)

• Pandar = Pandares (Pliny.vi.25).

• Pandar = Pandartalai/Pandartalâî = Pandariya a village in tahsil Akaltara of Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh. Pandartalai is mentioned in Sheorinarayan Stone Inscription Of Jajalladeva II Chedi Year 919 (=1167 AD).

• Pandar (Jat clan) = Pandaratalai (पंडरतलाई) is mentioned in Bilaigarh Plates of Prithvideva II Kalchuri year 896 (1144 AD) as composer of these records.

• Pandar - Pandariya is a Town and Tehsil in Kabeerdham District of Chhattisgarh.

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions The Ariani and the adjoining Nations..... the towns of Pucolis, Lyphorta, the desert of the Methorgi²⁵, the river Manais²⁶, the nation of the Acutri, the river Eorum, the nation of the Orbi, the Pomanus, a navigable river in the territories of the Pandares, the Apirus in the country of the Suari, with a good harbour at its mouth, the city of Condigramma, and the river Cophes²⁷; into which last flow the navigable streams of the Saddaros²⁸, the Parospus, and the Sodanus.

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25 Parisot says that this is the desert region now known as Eremaier, to the east of Mount Maugracot.

26 As Parisot remarks, our author is now approaching the sea-shore; these places, however, do not appear to have been identified.

27 Not the same as the river Cophen or Cophes mentioned in c. 24, the modern Kabul. Hardouin takes it to be the same as the Arbis or Arabius of Ptolemy, the modern Hilmend or Ilmend.

28 Parisot seems to think that the modern names of these rivers are the Sal, the Ghir, and the Ilmentel, which, according to him, flow into the Ilmend.

In Mahabharata

Pandara (पाण्डर) (Naga) in Mahabharata (I.52.10)

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Book I Chapter 52 tells Names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of the snake-sacrifice. Pandara is mentioned as Nagas of race of Airavata in Mahabharata (I.52.10). ....And Paravata, Pariyatra, Pandara, Harina, Krisha, Vihanga, Sharabha, Moda, Pramoda, Sanhatangada--these born in the race of Airavata fell into the fire.

Villages founded by Pander clan

• Paner

• Pander - A village named Pander with PIN-305410 is situated in Bhilwara district in Rajasthan.

Villages after Pandar

• पांडरशाही (जाट गोत्र - पांडर) : लोहरदा नाम का गाँव झारखंड के पश्चिमी सिंहभूम जिले की खूंटपानी विकास-खंड में है।

Distribution in Rajasthan

Pandar (पाण्डर) Jats found in following districts:

Villages in Hanumangarh district

Ratanpura, Bashir, Kirara Bara, Hanumangarh, Phephana, Sangaria, Ratanpura

Villages in Churu district

Pandar (पाण्डर) Jats found in: Banada, Loonasar, Sujangarh (6),

Villages in Sikar district

Jethwan Ka Bas (3),

Villages in Nagaur district

Bachhwari, Kachras, Kusiya, Lenin Gram,

Villages in Barmer district

Pandarwali,

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Bhopal district

Bhopal,

Villages in Hoshangabad district

Chapara Garhan

Distribution in Punjab

Villages in Hoshiarpur district

Pander is village in Dasua tahsil in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

Notable persons

• Jhumar Lal Pandar (born:1921) (चौधरी झूमरलाल पांडर), Bodind Kalan (बोडिंद), Jayal, Nagaur, was a social worker in Nagaur, Rajasthan.
• Jaypal Ram Pandar - Son of Tiloka Ram, Krishi Mandi Ke Pichhe, Mob: 9413148296.

• Shri Gyanaram Pander and Khumaram Pander - From Loonasar, Churu were notable person who fought with the Jagirdar of their region. After independence they proved dhartiputra jats are hard-working and most deserving.

• Sukha Ram Pinder - RAS, from Modriya, Degana, Nagaur, RAS - 2012

Gallery

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  Sukha Ram Pinder. RAS

References

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