Kharb

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Kharb (खर्ब) Kharub (खरब)[1] Kharav (खरव)[2] Kharab (खरब)[3]/Kharap (खरप)[4] Karb (कर्ब) [5] gotra Jats are found in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. They were supporters of Tomar Confederacy. [6][7][8]

Origin

Jat Gotras Namesake

History

Karna Parva/Mahabharata Book VIII Chapter 4 mentions that prince of Rakshasas, viz., Alayudha and Kharabandhura hath been despatched to Yama's abode by Ghatotkacha exerting himself with great prowess. [9]

Bhim Singh Dahiya mentions about Rigvedic Tribe - Krivi: (RV VIII/20/24; VIII/22/12). These people are mentioned as Kravya in Sat.Br. (Xlll/5/4.7). They are to be identified with the Kharab clan of the Jats. They are also to be identified with the Khalabes of West Asian history, who gave their name to Chalybes on the mouth of Euphrates river. [10]

They are mentioned in the Allahabad Stone Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta (A.D. 335-76) as Kharaparikas. The Padma Purana calls them as Malecchas, which shows that they are treated as foreigners. [11] [12]

We find mention of Kharbad clan in an Inscription of 1444 AD found at Garhbor village in Kumbhalgarh tahsil of Rajsamand district in Rajasthan. Kharwad (खरवड़) seems to be a derivative of Kharb. This inscription mentions names of four persons of this clan Mahipal, His son Laxman and Laxman's wife Kshimini and their son Jhanjha.


According to Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria), The Khar or Kher or Kharata or Khareta and possibly the Kharb Jats are the descendants of the Saka Ksharatas mentioned in the Indian Epigraphs or the Karatai Scythians.[13]

Sub divisions of Tunwar

Bhim Singh Dahiya[14] provides us list of Jat clans who were supporters of the Tunwar when they gained political ascendancy. The Karb clan supported the ascendant clan Tunwar and became part of a political confederacy.[15]

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Bhopal district

Bhopal,

Villages in Raisen district

Kewlajhir (केवलाझिर) or Keolajhir,


Kewala Ghar, Bastra, Bari

Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

Villages in Muzaffarnagar district

Meghakheri (Muzaffarnagar), Muzaffarnagar, Pachenda Khurd, Kakrod Jheel (Muzaffarnagar) Jhal (Kairana) Kaprot (Muzaffarnagar)

Villages in Bulandshahr district

Bulandshahr Jadol

Villages in Meerut district

Khanjarpur Meerut

Villages in Pilibhit district

Tripadi Kalan (Pilibhit) Saprola (Pilibhit)

Villages in Haridawar district

Mohmadpur Jat (Haridawar)

Amirpur Badayal

Distribution in Haryana

DIST NOT KNOWN-Mola, Unchakhera

Villages in Bhiwani district

Balkara, Budhera, Bidola, Bithal, Bithan, Dhamad, Kadma, Kharak Kalan/Kharak Keanga, Mandhana, Salewala, Salahari, Talu Dhanana,

Villages in Hisar district

Badchhapar, Badha Khera, Bhaklana, Dhangad, Dharam Kheri, Hasanga, Kharak Alipur, Sulchani, Uggalan,

Villages in Jind district

Karsola (near Julana), Karsindhu, Paju Khurd, Tito kheri,

Villages in Rohtak district

Bharan, Ghuskani, Gumanaa

Villages in Karnal district

Samaspur,

Villages in Kurukshetra district

Berthali,

Villages in Mahendergarh district

Tobra (तोबङा),

Villages in Panipat district

Israna, Nara, New Nara,

Villages in Sonipat district

Chhichhrana, Gumana, Pithopura, Purpanchi, Tharu Uldepur,

Villages in Yamunanagar district

Pahadipur,

Villages in Fatehabad district

Bhuna,

Distribution in Delhi

Mundhela Kalan, Mundhela Khurd, Bakargarh, Bhalswa,

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Alwar district

Sarai,

Villages in Jhunjhunu district

Jhajhot,

Notable persons from this gotra

  • Major General R.M.Kharab, Chairman, AWBI- Govt. of India - Academic Council, Institution of Surveyors Major General R.M Khareb, Chairman, Animal Welfare Board of India (Govt. of India) prominent Vety. Doctor.
  • Mukhtiyar Singh Kharb was from Mundhela Kalan village in Delhi. He was Metropolitan council member from Palam in 1983 from congress.
  • Col Fateh Singh Kharb, a founder president of Kharb Khap. A known social worker
  • Pradeep Kharb - an artist.
  • R.S. Kharb - President Govindpura Industries Association, Bhopal-4261619, Phone: 0755-4261619, Home: E-1/70, Arera Colony Bhopal, Mob: 9303134841
  • Shaurya Kharb - Writer, Web Designer, Youtuber. Owner and Founder of ViralIndians.com , DefenceTalk.net (About Indian Armed Forces) , EditAndroid.com

Gallery of Kharb people

References

  1. Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ख-30
  2. Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.33,sn-434.
  3. Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.33,sn-434.
  4. B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), p.240, s.n.116
  5. Bhim Singh Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix I,p.316
  6. Bhim Singh Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix I,p.316
  7. A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.375
  8. Jat Varna Mimansa (1910) by Pandit Amichandra Sharma,p. 56
  9. अलायुधॊ राक्षसेन्थ्रः खरबन्धुर यानगः । :घटॊत्कचेन विक्रम्य गमितॊ यमसाथनम । । Mahabharata (VIII.4.44) :alāyudho rākṣasendraḥ kharabandhura yānagaḥ । :ghaṭotkacena vikramya gamito yamasādanam Mahabharata (VIII.4.44)
  10. याभिः सिन्धुमवथ याभिस्तूर्वथ याभिर्दशस्यथाक्रिविम | मयो नो भूतोतिभिर्मयोभुवः शिवाभिरसचद्विषः || (RV VIII/20/24)
  11. A B L Avasthi, Prāchin Bhāratiya Bhugol, Lucknow, 1972, p. 202
  12. Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers, 1980, p. 261
  13. The Jats:Their Origin, Antiquity and Migrations, by Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria),p.326
  14. Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix I,p.316-17
  15. A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.375

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