Phour
Phour(फोर)[1] Phore (फोर) Paura Phor (फोर)[2] For (फोर)[3] is gotra of Jats found in Haryana , UP, Delhi and MP in India and in Pakistan.
Origin
A Paura is mentioned in the Rig Veda as descendant of Puru. [4] See also under Poros and the Mauryas. [5]
The Mahabharata Tribes - Pauraka (पौरक) may be identified with Jat Gotra - Paur (पौर).
History
Bhim Singh Dahiya[6] writes....Some authorities have given an opinion that the name Porus has not been derived from Paurava and cannot be equated with this ancient name. "The guess that Porus might be Paurava is not very convincing".138 "Porus (is) not to be identified with Paurava but with a derivative of Pura of Ganapatha of Panini.139 Thus it is clear that Porus cannot be identified with Paurava or any ancient Indian name. Jayaswal's suggestion that it is related to Pura of Ganapatha of Panini seems to be correct because even today this clan of the Jats is known as Poriya or Phor, the later being the form given by Muslim historians. It seems that Puriya and Phor/Por are one and the same clan, though existing today under both the forms, among the Jats.
138. V.Smith, EHI,p. 56
139. K.P.Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 67, note.60
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Villages in Muzaffarnagar district
Distribution in Uttarakhand
Villages in Haridwar District
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Jind district
Villages in Karnal district
Villages in Panipat district
Villages in Delhi
Villages in Delhi
King Porus
The Phore Gotra is said to be a generation of king Porus
Distribution in Pakistan
According to 1911 census the Parhar were the principal Muslim Jat clan in districts:
- Dera Ghazi Khan District - Phor (867)
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. फ-8
- ↑ B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), p.242, s.n.177
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.49,s.n. 1586
- ↑ HVI. vol. II. p.29
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), p. 288
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Porus and the Mauryas, p.174
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