Gandu
Gandhu (गंधु) [1] Gandhu (गंधु)[2][3][4] is Jat Gotra in Punjab. Gandhu (गंधु) [5] is a small Jat clan found in Jind. It has bakhuās at Mādpur, and at these it worships its jatheras at weddings and on the Diwali. [6]
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Origin
History
H. W. Bellew writes that of the Shinwari tribe, amongst whom the Tirahi now have their chief settlement, very little is known in regard to their origin and antecedents. He mentions Gandhu for Gunda, Indian herds-man tribe. [7]
Behustun Inscription Line (46) reads : King Darius says: The rebels assembled a second time and went out against Vivâna to give him battle. At a place called Gandutava they fought a battle. Ahuramazda brought me help; by the grace of Ahuramazda my army utterly overthrew that rebel host. On the seventh day of the month Viyaxana (21 February 521) the battle was fought by them.
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Mansa district
- Gandhu is village in Sardulgarh tahsil in Mansa district in Punjab.
Notable persons
References
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/G,p.278
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.299
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I,s.n. ग-16.
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.35, sn-558.
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/G,p.278
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/G,p.278
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan,p.96
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