Olostrae
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Olostrae were ancient race mentioned by Pliny and Megasthenes.
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Ojlan = Olostrae (Pliny.vi.23)
History
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[1] mentions The Indus ....After passing through this list of three hundred cities, we come to the Darangæ,10 the Posingæ, the Butæ, the Gogaræi, the Umbræ, the Nereæ, the Brancosi, the Nobundæ, the Cocondæ, the Nesei, the Palatitæ, the Salobriasæ, and the Olostræ, who reach up to the island of Patala, from the extremity of whose shores to the Caspian Gates it is a distance of nineteen hundred and twenty-five miles.
10 None of these appear to have been identified; indeed, it appears to be next to impossible, owing to the corrupt state in which they have come down to us.
Jat clans mentioned by Megasthenes
Megasthenes also described India's caste system and a number of clans out of these some have been identified with Jat clans by the Jat historians. Megasthenes has mentioned a large number of Jat clans. It seems that the Greeks added 'i' to names which had an 'i' ending. Identified probable Jat clans have been provided with active link within brackets. (See Jat clans mentioned by Megasthenes)
| Jat clans as described by Megasthenes | ||||||||||||
| Location | Jat clans | Information | ||||||||||
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| 16. Next | With 300 cities, the Syrieni (Saharan), Derangae (Dengri,Dara), Posingae (Poshak, Pasang), Buzae (Bajya, Bojak, Bozdar, Buta), Gogiarei (Gugar, Godara, Gogar, Khokhar), Umbrae (Unvarwal), Nereae (Nehra), Brancosi (Baran, Bharangar), Nobundae (Nawad), Cocondae (Kookana), Nesei (Nashier), Pedatrirae (Penda, Palasia), Solobriasae, Olostrae (Ojlan) | Who adjoin the island Patale, from the furthest shore of which to the Caspian gates the distance is said to be 1, 925 miles | ||||||||||