Tawana

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Tawana (तावणा) Tawania (तावणिया) is Jat Gotra found in Punjab and Rajasthan.

Origin

Jat Gotras Namesake

Mention by Pliny

Pliny[1] mentions Arabia....Up to the Nabatæi46 the ancients joined the Thimanei; at present they have next to them the Taveni, and then the Suelleni, the Arraeeni47, and the Areni48, whose town is the centre of all the commerce of these parts.


46 Whose chief city was Petra, previously mentioned.

47 Supposed by some writers to have been the ancestors of the Saracens, so famous in the earlier part of the middle ages. Some of the MSS., indeed, read "Sarraceni."

48 Their town is called Arra by Ptolemy.

History

Distribution in Punjab

Tawana population is 9,600 in Patiala district.[2]

Distribution in Rajasthan

Bikaner

Notable Persons

  • Krishna Chandra Tawania: Jawaharnagar, Bikaner, Ph:225075[3]

External Links

References

  1. Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32
  2. History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.126
  3. Kisan Chhatrawas Bikaner Smarika 1994, p.128



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