Magawa

Magawa (मगावा) is a Gotra of Jats found in Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Magawa = Magoa (Pliny.vi.31)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Tigris....Susiane is separated from Elymais by the river Eulæus, which rises in Media, and, after concealing itself in the earth for a short distance, rises again and flows through Mesabatene. It then flows round the citadel of Susa⁴⁰ and the temple of Diana, which is held in the highest veneration by all these nations; the river itself being the object of many pompous ceremonials; the kings, indeed, will drink of no other water,⁴¹ and for that reason carry it with them on their journies to any considerable distance. This river receives the waters of the Hedypnos⁴², which passes Asylus, in Persis, and those of the Aduna, which rises in Susiane. Magoa⁴³ is a town situate near it, and distant from Charax fifteen miles; some writers place this town at the very extremity of Susiane, and close to the deserts.

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40 As mentioned in a previous Note, (67 in p. 77), Pliny mistakes the Eulæus for the Choaspes. In c. 26 he says that Susa is on the river Tigris.

41 Pliny says this in B. xxxi. c. 21 of both the Eulæus and the Choaspes.

42 Most probably the Hedyphon of Strabo, supposed to be the same as that now called the Djerrabi.

43 Parisot thinks that this is the modern Jessed, in the vicinity of the desert of Bealbanet.

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Ratlam district

Villages in Ratlam district with population of this gotra are:

Banjali 1, Banjali 10, Ghatwas 21, Hanumanpalia1, Malakheda 1, Namli 1, Ratlam 1,

References

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