Juna
Juna/Jun (जून)/Jauna (जौन)[1] is gotra of Jats. Juna clan is found in Afghanistan. Juna stands for Yona or Yavana, Greek.[2] Juna is a Gotra of the Anjana Jats in Gujarat.
Origin
Jaun (जौन) tribe of Jats descended from an eponym, who was a Jat, of Hinjraon descent. [3]
History
B S Dahiya[4] writes: They are probably the same as Yaunas of Buddhist and Sanskrit works and perhaps, are to be identified with the Prarjuna of Arthashastra. V. Smith says that in 226-241 AD, a Juna king of Sirhind, had diplomatic relations with the first Sassanid king, Ardshir, of Iran. [5] This shows that they had come to India much earlier than the movements of Jajuans of Chinese, to be identified with the Jenjuan Jats and Rajputs.
They are mentioned by Cunningham[6] in an inscription at the Buddhist Stupa of Sanchi of the Ashoka period as under:
No. 152. — Jonhakasa bhichhuno dānam.
- " Gift of Jonhaka, the mendicant monk."
No. 153. — Jenakasa-bhichhuno dānam.
- " Gift of Jenaka, the mendicant monk."
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References
- ↑ B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), p.239, s.n.102
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.78,92,98,109,160
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.379
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India,p. 258
- ↑ V. Smith, Early History of India, 4th Edition, p. 289 note
- ↑ The Bhilsa topes: Inscriptions, P. 256
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