Kamal

From Jatland Wiki
(Redirected from Kanwal)

Kamal (कमल)/ Kanwal (कंवल)[1] Kanwal (कंवाल) [2]is a gotra of Jats.[3][4] Kamal clan is found in Afghanistan.[5]

Origin

They are descendants of Nagavanshi king named Kambala (कंवल). [6]

Jat Gotras Namesake

History

H. W. Bellew writes that Kamal is the name of one of the twenty-four principal tribes into which the Turk nation is divided. Kamal is in two divisions — Misharan, or "Seniors", and Kisharan, or "Juniors." [8]

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 35 mentions the name of Kambala in the list of chief Nagas. [9]


Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

Notable persons

  • Dr. Mrs. Kamal - LNJP Hospital Health. D-29, Vikram Nagar, Ferozshah Kotla, New Delhi New 011-23232400, 011-23358159, NCR (PP-415)

References

  1. Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.30,sn-227.
  2. Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.30,sn-192.
  3. Dr Pema Ram:‎Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.297
  4. Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. क-72
  5. An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.18, 28, 77, 106, 108, 111,112,115,118,120,121,123,126,127,128,133,162
  6. Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 232
  7. Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1955, p.409-417
  8. An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.77
  9. कम्बलाश्वतरौ चापि नागः कालीयकस तथा |वृत्तसंवर्तकौ नागौ दवौ च पद्माव इति शरुतौ ||Mahabharata (1.35.10)

Back to Jat Gotras