Acholya
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Acholya (अचोल्या) Acholiya/Acholia (अचोलिया) Gotra Jats live in Tonk district in Rajasthan. Acho/Achak clan is found in Afghanistan.[1]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Acholia = Achoali (Pliny.vi.32).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Arabia....Next come the Hemnatæ, the Aualitæ, the towns of Domata and Hegra, the Tamudæi49, with the town of Badanatha, the Carrei, with the town of Cariati50, the Achoali, with the town of Foth, and the Minæi, who derive their origin, it is supposed,51 from Minos, king of Crete, and of whom the Carmæi are a tribe.
9 Their district is still called Thamud, according to Ansart.
50 Still called Cariatain, according to Ansart.
51 A ridiculous fancy, probably founded solely on the similarity of the name.
History
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Tonk district
Bhairupura (4), Dotana (1), Janka (3),
Villages in Sawai Madhopur district
Isarda ,
Notable persons
See also
External links
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.158,161
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32
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