Katara

For village see - Katara Bharatpur

Katara (कटारा) is a gotra of Jats.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Katara = Qatar = Catharrei (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia....We then (after the island of Tylos = Bahrain‎‎) come to the island of Asclie, and the nations of the Nocheti, the Zurazi, the Borgodi, the Catharrei, the Nomades, and then the river Cynos²⁰.

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20 Hardouin takes this to be that which by the Arabians is called by the name of Falg.

References

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