Lopa
Lopa (लोपा) Lofa (लोफा) Lopha (लोफा) gotra Jats live in Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.
Origin
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Lopa = Laupas (Pliny.vi.32)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[1] mentions Arabia....Lying to the south are a great number of islands, the largest of which is Camari; also the river Musecros, and the port of Laupas.
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Lofa = Lufa/ Lafagarh. Lafagarh is an ancient fort located in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh.
- Lofa (Jat clan) = Lufa. Lufa (लूफा) is a Village in Kota Tehsil in Bilaspur District of Chattisgarh State, India.
Mention by Panini
Lopa (लोप), adarshana (अदर्शन), antardhana (अंतर्धान), is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [2]
History
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Nimach district
Fatehnagar (2),
Villages in Mandsaur district
Lopa (लोपा) gotra Jats live in Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh. Found in village Molyakheri.
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Gurdaspur district
Lopa named village is in Gurdaspur tahsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India.
Villages in Patiala district
History
Notable persons
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References
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.354, 355
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