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Oritae near Gedrosia on Map showing the route of Alexander the Great

Varteya (वार्तेय) was an ancient republic of Ayudhjivi Sangha known to Panini.

Variants of name

Jat Gotras Namesake

Mention by Panini

Varteya (वार्तेय), a warlike clan, is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [2]

History

V. S. Agrawala[3] mentions Sanghas known to Panini which includes - Varteya (वार्तेय), under Yaudheyadi (यौधेयादि) (IV.1.178).


V. S. Agrawala[4] mentions Ayudhjivi Sanghas in the Ganapatha under Yaudheyadi group, repeated twice in the Panini's Ashtadhyayi (IV.1.178) and (V.3.117) which includes - Vārteya – which may be identified with the Indian tribe Oreitai[5], settled to the west of the river Porali which now falls in to the Sonmiani Bay (Lasbela district of Balochistan province of Pakistan), west of Karachi. (cf. Saunamāneya in Subhrādi gana IV.1.123;IV.1.86). According to Curtius the tribe had long maintained its independence in those parts and it negotiated peace with Alexander through their leaders, which reflects its Sangha character.

On the east of river Arabis (old name of Porali) was another independent tribe which the Greeks called Arabitai, corresponding to Sanskrit Ārabhaṭa (the home of the Ārabhaṭi vritti), a word unknown in Paninian geography, but both of them as the Greeks noted, lay within the geographical limits of India.

In Mahabharata

Karna Parva/Mahabharata Book VIII Chapter 51 describes terrible massacre on seventeenth day of Mahabharata War. Varatyas have been mentioned in verse (VIII.51.16)..... "Large bodies of combatants of diverse Kshatriya clans, such as the Govasas, the Dasameyas, the Vasatis, and the Varatyas, the Vatadhanas, and the Bhojas that are very sensitive of their honour, have met with destruction. [6]

References

  1. Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter IX, 1934, p. 599
  2. V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.450
  3. V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.500
  4. V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.450
  5. James Todd Annals/Index Vol III, Oreitai tribe, iii. p.1656
  6. गॊवास दासम ईयानां वसातीनां च भारत, वरात्यानां वाटधानानां भॊजानां चापि मानिनाम (VIII.51.16)

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