Bhangiwall
Bhangiwall (भांगीवाल)/Bhagiwall (भागीवाल)[1] Bhangiwal (भांगीवाल)[2] is gotra of Jats in Uttar Pradesh. [3]
Origin
This gotra is said to be started from their ancestral person named Bhargava (भार्गव) of Mahabharata period. [4]
In Mahabharata
Aswamedha Parva, Mahabharata/Book 14 Chapter 8 mentions that there is a peak named Munjaban on the summits of the Himalaya mountains, where the adorable Lord of Uma (Mahadeva) is constantly engaged in austere devotional exercises. On all sides of that mountain, there exist mines of gold. The attendants of Kuvera protect these mines of gold from intruders. The names include Bhargava.
- सरुव हस्ताय पतये धन्विने भार्गवाय च
- अजाय कृष्ण नेत्राय विरूपाक्षाय चैव ह Mahabharata (14.8.20)
History
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Notable persons
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References
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.54, s.n. 1887
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. भ-5
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII,s.n. 59,p-585
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 271
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