Malaya Gotra

For country see Malaya

Malaya (मलया) Malya (मलया) Gotra Jats live in Tonk district in Rajasthan.

Origin

Ram Sarup Joon^[1] writes that ....Samudra Gupta conquered the whole of Punjab and a major part of India. The clans defeated by him included

Malaya who ruled Malva named after their gotra.
Arjunayana who ruled Mewat and Jaipur;
Yaudheya whose rule included Bikaner and Bahawalpur;
Madrak whose capital was Sialkot;
Abir who ruled Badaun, and the Betwa Basin now called Ahirwara;
Vir Arjun clan who ruled Narisinghpur;
Sankanika who territory was present Gwalior;
Karaskar rule extended into present Mathura, Aligarh (there are 80 villages of these Jats in this area at present) and Kharparika.