Berda

Berda (बेरड़ा) Bairda (बैरडा) Bahrda (बैरडा) Verda (वेरडा) is Gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Berda = Berdrigæ (Pliny.vi.18)

• Berda (बेरडा) (Jat clan) → Perdiccas (c. 355 BC – c. 320 BC) was a general in Alexander the Great's army and participated in Alexander's campaign against Persia.

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Nations situated around the Hyrcanian Sea.... Below the district inhabited by them (Mardi), we find the nations of the Orciani, the Commori, the Berdrigæ, the Harmatotropi,¹¹ the Citomaræ, the Comani, the Marucæi, and the Mandruani.

The rivers here are the Mandrus and the Chindrus.¹²

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11 This appears to mean the nations of "Chariot horse-breeders."

12 In former editions, called the 'Gridinus.' It is impossible to identify many of these nations and rivers, as the spelling varies considerably in the respective MSS.

Villages founded by Berda clan

• Bairdon Ki Dhani (बैरडों की ढाणी) - Village in Baytu tahsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.
• Berdon Ka Bas (बेरड़ों का बास) - village in district Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
• Berro Ka Pana (बेरड़ो का पाना) - village in Gudha Malani Tahsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Jodhpur district

Berdon Ka Bas,

Villages in Barmer district

Bairdon Ki Dhani, Berro Ka Pana,

Villages in Jaipur district

Bahrda Jats live in villages:

Khuriyal, Harsauli, Shri Ramnagar,

Reference

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