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Kim (किम) [1] Kimu (किमू) is a gotra of Jats.[2] [3]
Origin
Jat Gotras Namesake
Cinolis was a Greek[4] small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia in Turkey. Pliny has mentioned it as Cimolis. [5]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Kim = Cimmerian = Cimmerii (Pliny.vi.14)
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Kim (Jat clan) = Kimidi in Ganjam district of Orissa. Khimidi mentioned in V.23 of Ratanpur Stone Inscription Of Jajalladeva I - (Kalachuri) Year 866 (=1114 AD).[6]
History
Bhagatrav (Gujarat) seems to have been an important port, as Lothal.[7]However, backwaters of sea and floods from Kim River has washed out the site to a large extent and only peripheral area is left for exploration and for eight months in a year, the site is surrounded by water.[8]
Kim, Gujarat
Kim is a town in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kim railway station is located on the Western Railway Mumbai – Vadodara Segment. It is 24 km from Surat, 105 km from Vadodara.
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References
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.31,sn-322.
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.297
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, S.No. क-186.
- ↑ Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, § 90
- ↑ Pliny.vi.2
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1955, p.409-417
- ↑ Director General, Archaeological Survey of India (1962). Ancient India (18–19): 190–197
- ↑ Director General, Archaeological Survey of India (1962). Ancient India (18–19): 190–197
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