Kale
Kale (काले) Kalon (कालोन) Kel (केल) is gotra of Jats in Punjab, India and Pakistan.
Origin
They get name after eponym Kaliya Nagavanshi.
History
They are mentioned in the Mahabharata, as Kaleya. [1] कालेय इति विख्यातो गणः परम दारुणः ( i.e. the people famous under the name of Kaleya are most terrible) It is called an Asura Jati with eight kings. [2] The Mahabharata expressly makes the prophecy that the Mlecchas from Kamboja country will be kings (In India) in the Kali Age. [3] [4]
Bharanch (भडांच) a small Jat clan in Jind (Haryana). They have the same Sidh as the Kale. [5]
Distribution in Punjab
Distribution in Pakistan
Notable persons from this gotra
References
- ↑ Mahabharata , 3 / 103/ 7
- ↑ ibid, 1 / 67 / 47
- ↑ ibid , 3 / 188 /36
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), p. 284
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.86
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