Kale

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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


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