Sula

Sula (सुला) or Sulla gotra Jats live in Rajasthan.

Variants

• Sulla (Anabasis by Arrian,p. 420.)

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Sulla = Sulla (Anabasis by Arrian,p. 420.)

• Sula (Jat clan) = Sulanadi (सूलनदी) (L.15) = Sur River. Sur River is a river of Nagpur district in Maharashtra, India. Ankollika (अङ्कोल्लिक) (L.17), mentioned in Nagardhan Plates Of Svamiraja : (Kalachuri) Year 322 (=573 AD), which was situated on the bank of the Shulanadi, has been identified by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi with modern Aroli, on the right bank of the Sur River, about 8 miles south by east of Nagardhan. The Sulanadi (सूलनदी) (L.15), on the bank of which it lay, is probably identical with the river Sur which flows only about 4 miles east of Nagardhan. Our view is that this village may be Akoli in Kuhi tehsil in Nagpur district of Maharashtra.

Villages founded by Sula clan

• Sulyawas (सुल्यावास) - or Suliwas village in Danta Ramgarh tehsil of Sikar district in Rajasthan.

Founder

The village was founded by Sula clan Jats.

Sulla, a Roman general and statesman

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (/ˈsʌlə/; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He won the first large-scale civil war in Roman history and became the first man of the Republic to seize power through force.

Sulla had the distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as reviving the dictatorship. A gifted and innovative general, he achieved numerous successes in wars against foreign and domestic opponents. Sulla rose to prominence during the war against the Numidian king Jugurtha, whom he captured as a result of Jugurtha's betrayal by the king's allies, although his superior Gaius Marius took credit for ending the war. He then fought successfully against Germanic tribes during the Cimbrian War, and Italian allies during the Social War. He was awarded the Grass Crown for his bravery at the Battle of Nola. Sulla was closely associated with Venus, adopting the title Epaphroditos meaning favored of Aphrodite/Venus.

Sulla played an important role in the long political struggle between the optimates and populares factions at Rome. He was a leader of the optimates, which sought to maintain senatorial supremacy against the populist reforms advocated by the populares, headed by Marius. In a dispute over the command of the war against Mithridates, initially awarded to Sulla by the Senate, but withdrawn as a result of Marius' intrigues, Sulla marched on Rome in an unprecedented act and defeated Marian forces in battle. The populares nonetheless seized power once he left with his army to Asia. He returned victorious from the east in 82 BC, marched a second time on Rome, and crushed the populares and their Italian allies at the Battle of the Colline Gate. He then revived the office of dictator, which had been inactive since the Second Punic War, over a century before. He used his powers to purge his opponents, and reform Roman constitutional laws, to restore the primacy of the Senate and limit the power of the tribunes of the plebs. Resigning his dictatorship in 79 BC, Sulla retired to private life and died the following year. Later political leaders such as Julius Caesar would follow precedent set by Sulla and his military coup in attaining political power through force.

History

राजस्थान के सीकर जिले में दांता रामगढ़ तहसील मुख्यालय से कुछ ही दूरी पर स्थित गाँव सुलियावास सुला गोत्र के जाटों द्वारा बसाया हुआ है। यह गाँव सीकर से दांता जाने वाली सड़क जो मशहूर तीर्थ स्थल जीणमाता होकर दांता के लिए है, पर स्थित है। इसके पास ही गाँव 2 किमी पर खीचड़ों की ढ़ानी और मात्र 1 किमी की दूरी पर गोड़ियावास गाँव है। यहाँ पर्याप्त संख्या में सुला गोत्र के जाट अब भी आबाद हैं। शेष गोत्रों में शेषमा, भंवरिया, थोरी, बुरड़क, राड़ इत्यादि हैं ।

Ch.26 Alexander's Death (p.420-421)

Arrian writes.... Such is the account given in the Royal Diary. In addition to this, it states that the soldiers were very desirous of seeing him; Some, in order to see him once more while still alive; others, because there was a report that he was already dead, imagined that his death was being concealed by the confidential body-guards, as I for my part suppose. Most of them through grief and affection for their king forced their way in to see him. It is said that when his soldiers passed by him he was unable to speak; yet he greeted each of them with his right hand, raising his head with difficulty and making a sign with his eyes. The Royal Diary also says that Peithon, Attains, Demophon, and Peucestas, as well as Cleomenes, Menidas, and Seleucus, slept in the temple of Serapis,^[1] and asked the god whether it would be better and more desirable for Alexander to be carried into his temple, in order as a suppliant to be cured by him. A voice issued from the god saying that he was not to be carried into the temple, but that it would be better for him to remain where he was. This answer was reported by the Companions; and soon after Alexander died, as if forsooth this were now the better thing. Neither Aristobulus nor Ptolemy has given an account differing much from the preceding. Some authors, however, have related that his Companions asked him to whom he left his kingdom; and that he replied: " To the best."[2] Others say, that in addition to this remark, he told them that he saw there would be a great funeral contest held in his honour.[3]

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1. Serapis, or more correctly Sarapis, was an Egyptian deity, whose worship was introduced into Greece in the time of the Ptolemies. His worship was introduced into Borne, with that of Isis, in the time of Sulla. Strabo (xvii. 1) gives an account of his cultus in the celebrated temple at Canobus. The Serapeum at Alexandria, which contained the famous library, is described by Ammianus, xxii 16.

2. I.e. the most valiant.

3. To decide who was to succeed to his power. Cf. Curtius, x. 14; Diodorus, xvii. 117; Justin, xii. 15.

p.420-421

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Sikar district

Puran Bari, Sulyawas,

Villages in Tonk district

Nayagaon Ruwala (2), ]],

Villages in Jaipur district

Bhakrota, Gulabpura Fagi,

Reference

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