Saras

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Saras (सारस) is a gotra of Jats.[1] [2]

Origin

Sarasa (सरस) is a place name mentioned by Panini under Sakhyadi (सख्यादि) (4.2.80.9) group. [3] Clan may get name from it.

Jat Gotras Namesake

Mention by Pliny

Pliny[4] mentions Arabia....Up to the Nabatæi46 the ancients joined the Thimanei; at present they have next to them the Taveni, and then the Suelleni, the Arraeeni47, and the Areni48, whose town is the centre of all the commerce of these parts.


46 Whose chief city was Petra, previously mentioned.

47 Supposed by some writers to have been the ancestors of the Saracens, so famous in the earlier part of the middle ages. Some of the MSS., indeed, read "Sarraceni."

48 Their town is called Arra by Ptolemy.

History

Population

Distribution

Villages named Saras

Notable persons

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