Atal

Atal (अतल)/(आतल) Jat gotra is in Madhya Pradesh.

Origin

Atal (अतल) gets its name from people who inhabited hilly area above the ground level.

History

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Jat Gotras Namesake

• Atal = Attali (Pliny.vi.30). Atari (अटारी) is a village in Punjab located on the Grand Trunk Road between Lahore and Amritsar.

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions.... When the Euphrates ceases, by running in its channel, to afford protections²⁷ to those who dwell on its banks, which it does when it approaches the confines of Charax, the country is immediately infested by the Attali, a predatory people of Arabia, beyond whom are found the Scenite.²⁸ The banks along this river are occupied by the Nomades of Arabia, as far as the deserts of Syria, from which, as we have already stated,²⁹ it takes a turn to the south,³⁰ and leaves the solitary deserts of Palmyra.

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27 Against the attacks of robbers dwelling on the opposite side; the Attali, for instance.

28 Or "dwellers in tents," Bedouins, as we call them.

29 B. v. c. 20 and 21

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Barwani district

Julwaniya, Sendhwa

Distribution in Punjab

Attalan () is a village in Patiala district in Indian Punjab.

Distribution in Gujarat

Atal is a village in Dantiwada Banas Kantha Tahsil in Banas Kantha district in Gujarat in India.

See also

• Antal

References

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