Gorchhiya
Gorchhiya (गोरछिया) Gorachhiya (गोरछिया)[1] Gorachhia (गोरछिया)[2] Gorcchya (गोरछ्या) Gorachiya (गोरचिया) Gorakshak (गोरक्षक) [3]is gotra of Jats in Rajasthan.
Origin
This gotra is said to be originated from people who were protectors of cows hence the name. [4]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Gorakshak (Jat clan) = Goraksha (गोरक्ष). Goraksha was minister of Ghatama (घाटम), who was a Chauhan vansha feudatory King of the Kalachuri prince Vahara and possessed heavenly fort Kosagaigarh. Goraksha (गोरक्ष) is mentioned in (L.10) of Kosgain Stone Inscription (No.II) Of Vahara - (Vikrama) Year 1570 (=1513 AD). Kosgai or Kosagaigarh is a village Korba district, Chhattisgarh, situated 25 kms off Korba-Katghora Road on the hillocks of Putka Pahad.[5]
History
Ghatama (घाटम) was a feudatory of the Kalachuri prince Vahara mentioned in (L.10) of Kosgain Stone Inscription (No.II) Of Vahara: (Vikrama) Year 1570 (=1513 AD). The stone was originally found in the fort of Kosgain, 4 miles north-east of Chhuri in the Bilaspur District of Chhattisgarh. With verse 9 begins the genealogy of Ghatama (घाटम). In the Châyuhâna (Chauhan) (L.7) family there was a prince named Nirdevala (निर्देवल) (L.7). His son was Bharata (L.8). After him is mentioned Ghâtama who, though it is not expressly stated, was probably his son and successor. Ghâtama (घाटम) (L.9) obtained possession of a heaven-like fortress (evidently Kosanga (कोसंग) , modern Kosgain) and was greatly favoured by the king Vahara. His minister was Goraksha (गोरक्ष) (L.10), who had apparently a son named Vaijala (वैजल) (L.11). Verse 18 states that Ghâtama gave cows, yielding good milk and decked with gold and cloth, together with their calves to the poet Chandrâkara who composed this prasasti by his order. (p.564) [6]
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Jodhpur district
Chadi, Dhanari Kalan[7], Gorachiyon Ki Dhani, Laxmannagar,
Villages in Bikaner district
Bikaner, Naurangdesar, Panchu,
Villages in Nagaur district
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Fatehabad district
Notable persons
- Sita Ram Gorchhiya - Junior Engineer RSEB, Present Address : Sarvodaya Basti, Near Laxmi Woollen Mill, Bikaner, Mobile Number : 9252780761, Email Address : srgorchiya@yahoo.co.in
- Bhika Ram Gorachiya - श्री भीखाराम गोरचिया सुपुत्र श्री जेठाराम गोरचिया गांव गोरचियों की ढाणी- बारा खुर्द, तहसील ओसियां, जोधपुर। 5100 रु का दान दिया जाट धर्मशाला हरिद्वार
See also
References
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.36, sn-645.
- ↑ डॉ पेमाराम:राजस्थान के जाटों का इतिहास, 2010, पृ.299
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.36, sn-645.
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 240
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1905, p.563-568
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1905, p.563-568
- ↑ User:Mahadev959
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