Mitya
Mitya (मिटया) gotra Jats live in Tonk district in Rajasthan.
Origin
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Mitya = Mitæi (Pliny.vi.32)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[1] mentions Arabia.... Lying in the interior, and joining up to the Atramitæ, are the Mitæi; are the Minæ; the Elamitæ41 dwell on the sea-shore, in a city from which they take their name.
41 Hardouin is doubtful as to this name, and thinks that it ought to be Elaitæ, or else Læanitæ, the people again mentioned below.
History
In the Wardak Inscription of year 51 of Havishka, the Kushana ruler, we find links to four Jat clans namely, Gulya, Burdak, Rahan and Mitya.
Villages in Tonk district
Lakholai (1),
Notable persons
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References
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