Dharatwal
Dharatwal (धरतवाल)[1] [2] is gotra of Suryavanshi Jats found in Rajasthan. It seems to be variant of Dhatarwal.
Origin
They are said to have originated from Raja Dhrishtaketu (धृष्टकेतु). [3]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Dharatwal = Daritis (Pliny.vi.25).
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Dharatwal = Dyrta (Anabasis by Arrian, p. 263.)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[4] mentions The Ariani and the adjoining Nations..... Some writers will also have it that Daritis29 forms part of Ariana, and give the length of them both as nineteen hundred and fifty miles, and the breadth one half of that30 of India. Others again have spread the Gedrusi and the Pasires over an extent of one hundred and thirty-eight miles, and place next to them the Ichthyophagi Oritæ31, a people who speak a language peculiar to themselves, and not the Indian dialect, extending over a space of two hundred miles.
29 Situate, according to Ptolemy, in the eastern parts of Media.
30 For this measurement see c. 21.
31 Meaning the "Fish-eating Mountaineers." According to Parisot they occupied the site of the modern Dulcidan, and Goadel, which are bounded by mountains, whence the name.
History
Distribution in Rajasthan
Village in Barmer district
Dharatwal Jats are found in Baytu Bhimji Village in Baytoo tahsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.
Notable persons
- Sh Hema Ram Chaudhary Revenue Minister Rajasthan
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ध-34
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.45,s.n. 1300
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p.258
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 25
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