Jats in Indian epics

Jatani city in Orissa

Jatani is a city and a municipality in Khordha district in the Indian state of Orissa.


Geography

Jatani is located at 20.17° N 85.7° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 36 metres (118 feet).


Demographics

As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Jatani had a population of 54,550. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jatani has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 72%. In Jatani, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
 
But Kar there in Orissa are Brahmins. Like in Sambhalpur, Cuttuk, Bhubneshwar, Puri etc. I investigated about Rath also but they are not aware of their past. Little do they know that they are the descendents of great Rathi jats, whose king Balhara was among the four most powerful persons of the world.

Your Khorda also seemed to be like Bhainsru-khurd in Rohtak/Sampla. And modern Khurdistan, where Jats were deployed when they lost the control of Basra-Baghdad road.
 
long back when I was a little child, my father told me that Konark temple is a creation of Jats.
 
smeker said:
As the name jat is conected somehow whit schytians and gutians,both people came from the same himalayan area,must be original from west Himalaya area.
Click to expand...

what is the basis of your this hypothesis?

As far as Indian/south asian Jat goes, Jat is not found as soon as fertile area goes off. I dnt know what kind of Jats you had there near Rome Empire? But I feel that this very culture and Roman empire was creation of we Jats only.
 
sktewatia said:
what is the basis of your this hypothesis?

As far as Indian/south asian Jat goes, Jat is not found as soon as fertile area goes off. I dnt know what kind of Jats you had there near Rome Empire? But I feel that this very culture and Roman empire was creation of we Jats only.
Click to expand...
when i say west himalaya ,i was think at the sourounding area of himalaya not at himalaya it self.:)
 
sktewatia said:
long back when I was a little child, my father told me that Konark temple is a creation of Jats.
Click to expand...

sktewatia said:
what is the basis of your this hypothesis?

As far as Indian/south asian Jat goes, Jat is not found as soon as fertile area goes off. I dnt know what kind of Jats you had there near Rome Empire? But I feel that this very culture and Roman empire was creation of we Jats only.
Click to expand...
was not the greeks that made the roman culture?Why this questions about romans?Did you know that goths concore half of the roman empire in the 5 century?
 
Khordha district of Orissa seems to be connected with Khor (खोड़) Jats. Khod or Khor (खोड़) gotra Jats are found in Madhya Pradesh. Distribution in Madhya Pradesh is at Barnawad village in Rajgarh.

There is also a Jat gotra called Khoria which is after khirwali place. khirwal or Khirwar are the Jats who founded Narsinghpur city in Madhya Pradesh and they were followers of Narsingha. They built two temples of Narsingha at Narsinghpur in MP.

There seems a Jat connection in Orissa.
 
There was statue of Sun God found at Beri village in Rohtak. It was also of 13th century. This was published in news paper long back along with the book review of BS Dahiya around in early 1980s. Looks Jats still had interest in Sun god as recent as 13-14th centuries.
 
lrburdak said:
Khordha district of Orissa seems to be connected with Khor (खोड़) Jats. Khod or Khor (खोड़) gotra Jats are found in Madhya Pradesh. Distribution in Madhya Pradesh is at Barnawad village in Rajgarh.

There is also a Jat gotra called Khoria which is after khirwali place. khirwal or Khirwar are the Jats who founded Narsinghpur city in Madhya Pradesh and they were followers of Narsingha. They built two temples of Narsingha at Narsinghpur in MP.

There seems a Jat connection in Orissa.
Click to expand...

Yes its true, wherever you find Indo-European language all over world, Jat has be there in history in near or distant past. I read some where that Odhrann Jats gave Orissa its present name.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
More info about Khordha - Orissa

Khordha (also written Khurda) is an administrative division of the state of Orissa, India. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town, formerly known as Jajarsingh, or Kurada. The capital city of Bhubaneswar is located in this district. Khurda is the most urbanized of all the districts of Orissa.

It was the capital of Orissa from 1568 to 1803. It is also known for its fort, often described as the "last independent fort".

Khurda came into prominence when the first Rajas of the Khordha dynasty, Ramachandra Deva, made it the capital of his kingdom during the last part of the 16th century.

Khurda occupies a distinct place in the historical map of Orissa. Khurda was the capital of Orissa Kingdom from 1568.

Khurdagada is known as known as the "Last Independent Fort" of India. Now the remains of this historic fort lies as an evidence of our glorious past. Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa belongs to this district.

Important Places in Khordha

Atri : It is situated at the distance of 42 km from Bhubaneswar .It is famous for sulfur Spring and a temple dedicated to Lord Hatakeswara.

Barunei : This temple is situated on the Barunei Mountain.It is at a distance of 32 km from Bhubaneswar. Goddess Barunei is the famous deity of Khurda.
Chilka : Situated at a distance of 100 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, lake is the largest lake of the country.

Dhauli : It is situated at a distance of 15 km from Bhubaneswar. The rock edict of Dhauli bears the early history of Kalinga and this rock edict was engraved by Emperor Ashok.

Khandagiri and Udayagiri : These twin hills are situated in Bhubaneswar. There are 117 caves in these twin hills. The Rani Gumpha is the largest cave in the Udaygiri hill. Another famous cave called the Hati Gumpha is also there where the rock is engraved by King Kharavela. These caves contain a beautiful Barabhuja temple and a Jain temple.

Blocks:
1. Balianta
2. Balipatana
3. Balugaon
4. Banapur
5. Begunia
6. Bolgarh
7. Bhubaneswar
8. Jatani
9. Khurda sadar
10. Tangi


Tahasils:
1. Banapur
2. Bhubaneswar
3. Khurda


Sub-Divisions:
1. Bhubaneswar
2. Khurda
********************************
Note:- I have highlighted the places connected with Jat gotras. Bahara, Bana, Khor, Khirwar, Atri, Chilka, Dhaulya etc are all Jat gotras. Members may like to connect more Jat info of Orissa.

Regards,
 
Konark was built by Gangas Jats

Konark (or Konarak) (Sanskrit: कोनार्क) is a small town in the state of Orissa, India, on the Bay of Bengal, sixty-five kilometres from Bhubaneswar. It is the site of the 13th-century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), built in black granite by King Narasimhadeva I (AD 1236-1264) of the Gangas dynasty.

Note that the Gangas is a Jat gotra. Ghangus or Ghanghas is gotra of Jats found in Distt Bhiwani, Panipat and Jind of Haryana. Also found in Bhopal.
Gangarides is the Race as described by Megasthenes in his book Indica. It is same as Ghangus.
 
Yes, Ganges (modern Ganga, like Indus/Sindhu), river derives its original name from Gungus Jats only. Like wise Jamun/Jhamman Jats (Jhamman Singh etc. are common names of Jats, like Malkhan Singh etc. prooving that Khan also was initially a Jat title).
 
Ganga (गंगा) dynasty of Orissa has nothing to do with Ghanghas (घनघस) Jats... logic is same as Kadyan Jats have nothing to do with Akkadian dynasty (2000BC) of mesopotamia as claimed by Dahiya among other such outrageous claims...
Lets be careful before writing such claims because they will never make their way in mainstream history of India and we would incur damage to ourselves by earning discredibility and spreading misinformed opinions to few interested Jats in this website...
The only ref made ot Ghanghas by Ibbeston is the popular myth which I heard in my village too(which has few ghanghas family who migrated from pakistan during partition)... that ghanghas = ghan + ghas... ghan(stone) ko ghasne(grinding) wale... ofcourse it may only be myth and further study could be done without casual efforts of matching similar sounding words...
Dahiya relates Ghanghas to khanghas and thus to Kong Khas (some leader in white huna tribes) who is said to fight with some sassanid king of persia... Ibbeston calls ghanghas and Khanghas as different people... further ref. are welcome if anyone has any... but in such circumstances its not proper to relate ghanghas to Ganga dynasty of Orissa or Ganges river....

-vinod

lrburdak said:
Konark (or Konarak) (Sanskrit: कोनार्क) is a small town in the state of Orissa, India, on the Bay of Bengal, sixty-five kilometres from Bhubaneswar. It is the site of the 13th-century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), built in black granite by King Narasimhadeva I (AD 1236-1264) of the Gangas dynasty.

Note that the Gangas is a Jat gotra. Ghangus or Ghanghas is gotra of Jats found in Distt Bhiwani, Panipat and Jind of Haryana. Also found in Bhopal.
Gangarides is the Race as described by Megasthenes in his book Indica. It is same as Ghangus.
Click to expand...
 
Last edited:
Hi Vinod,

How do you reject the theory that Ganga dynasty did not belong to ghangas Jats. You see wikipedia. Here Ganga dynasty is written as Gangas -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ganga_Dynasty

It tells that Several theories have been propounded regarding the origin of the Gangas. Some historians believe that the Gangas were immigrants from the North and were descendants of the Kanva dynasty of north India,
Some of their inscriptions indicate they belogned to Jahnaveya kula and Kanvayana gotra. Others believe they hailed from Kongunadu in present day Tamil Nadu.

They also called themselves decendents of a ruler of Ikshavaku vamsha.

Thakur Deshraj in his book on page 143 has written that Gangarides Race as described by Megasthenes in his book Indica is same as Ghangus Jats.

Gangaridai was the name of a country in the 300 BC in the Indian subcontinent. It was described by the Greek traveller Megasthenes in his work Indica. The Greek and Latin historians suggested that Alexander the Great withdrew from India anticipating the valiant counter attack of the mighty Gangaridai and Prasioi empires which were located in the Bengal region. It is not, however, clearly known who built these empires.

During Alexander's invasion

"When he (Alexander) moved forward with his forces certain men came to inform him that Porus, the king of the country, who was the nephew of that Porus whom he had defeated, had quitted his kingdom and fled to the nation of Gandaridai... He had obtained from Phegeus a description of the country beyond the Indus'' ... Quoted from The Classical Accounts of India, Dr R. C. Majumder, p. 170-72/234.

This points towards movement of jats to this area of Gangaridai. The possibility of Gangaridai being Ghangas Jat can not be simply rejected without sufficient evidences.
 
well, Vinodji, I repeat.

Its not only orissa but elsewhere also we find these Gungus Jats ruling with Kadambas (Kadyanvas), Salkalayan etc.

Plz pick up any ncert book or any other book of history. ne south indian history says it.

and that Gangaikonda, the Chola was nothing else but Chahl/Chahal Jat.
 
Luxmanji is on right track. Let him describe the real history by commonsense and the proofs available.
 
Ghungus, Salkalayan (modern Tomers), Kadambas (modern Kadyanvas) ...

all three ruling togather with Palaavas, Chedis...etc. can not be just a coincidence...

all were Jats.
 
I spent many nites in Tughlak Fort. I really tried to climb it. Then only I'm giving my statement.

Fokat me idhar udhar se padh ke is Jat history me kisi ko kuchh nahin mila.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top