Bhatre
Bhatre (भातरे) Bhatare (भातरे) Batra (बाटरा)[1] Bhatre (भत्रे) Bhatere (भतेरे)[2] [3] Bahatare (बहातरे) Matra (मातरा) is a same Jat gotra in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.Batra (बत्रा) is modern name of Bhatre.gotra.
History
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Batra = Al-Batra = Petra is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Pliny[4] has mentioned Petra as a city of the Nabatæi people.
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Batra = Batrasave (Pliny.vi.32).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [5] mentions Arabia......... Beyond this, the navigation is impracticable on that side,21 according to Juba, on account of the rocks; and he has omitted all mention of Batrasave22, a town of the Omani, and of the city of Omana23, which former writers have made out to be a famous port of Carmania24; as also of Homna and Attana, towns which at the present day, our merchants say, are by far the most famous ones in the Persian Sea.
21 On the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf.
22 Considered by modern geographers to be identical in situation with the Black Mountains and the Cape of Asabi, and still marked by a town and district named Sabee, close to Cape Mussendom.
23 In the modern district still called Oman.
24 On the opposite coast.
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Bharatpur district
Villages in Karauli district
Bhatre jats live in Hindaun city tahsil
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Ratlam district
Villages in Ratlam district with population of this gotra are:
Ratlam 5,
Villages in Datia district
Bahatare (बहातरे) is found in: Jaroli,
Villages in Shajapur district
Villages in Hoshangabad district
Notable persons
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