Bachchas
Bachchas (बच्चस) or Bachas (बचस) is a gotra(clan) of Jats, found prominently in the adjoining regions of the national capital New Delhi and the other states Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan in India.
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Bachas = Bacascami (Pliny.vi.32).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [1] mentions Arabia.........the Ilisanitæ, the Bachilitæ, the Samnæi, the Amitei, with the towns of Nessa55 and Cennesseris, the Zamareni, with the towns of Sagiatta and Canthace, the Bacascami, the town of Riphearma, the name by which they call barley, the Autei, the Ethravi, the Cyrei and the Mathatræi, the Helmodenes, with the town of Ebode, the Agacturi, dwelling in the mountains, with a town twenty miles distant, in which is a fountain called Ænuscabales56, which signifies "the town of the camels."
55 Agatharchides speaks of a town on the sea coast, which was so called from the multitude of ducks found there. The one here spoken of was in the interior, and cannot be the same.
56 Hardouin observes, that neither this word, nor the name Riphearma, above mentioned, has either a Hebrew or an Arabian origin.
History
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
There are a few villages in Gautambudh Nagar district.
- village names are......
Distribution in Haryana
Mostly they are from villages in Faridabad district.
- village names are.......
Notable persons
External links
References
Back to Jat Gotras