Archi: Difference between revisions

From Jatland Wiki
No edit summary
 
(8 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Archi (अर्ची)''' Jat gotra. Archi people, an ethnic group in [[Dagestan]], Russia. Archi is district of Kunduz Province  in [[Afghanistan]].
'''Archi (अर्ची)'''<ref>[[Dr Ompal Singh Tugania]]: [[Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu]], p.27,sn-32.</ref> is a [[Jat clan]]. Archi people, an ethnic group in [[Dagestan]], Russia. Archi is district of Kunduz Province  in [[Afghanistan]].
== Origin ==
== Origin ==
It gets its name from living at Analesar pond on Arbudachal mountains, who were known as Archi.<ref>[[Dr Mahendra Singh Arya]] etc,: [[Ādhunik Jat Itihas]],  </ref>
*The clan may have originated from '''[[Arachina]] (अराचीन)''', a person mentioned in [[Pandava]] genealogy in [[Mahabharata]] (I.90.17-18).
*It is said to get its name from living at [[Analesar]] pond on [[Arbudachal]] mountains, who were known as Archi.<ref>[[Dr Mahendra Singh Arya]] etc,: [[Ādhunik Jat Itihas]],  </ref>
 
== History ==
== History ==
== Jat Gotras Namesake ==
'''[[Arsi]]''' were people mentioned by [[Pliny]].<ref>[[Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32]]</ref>
== Jat Gotras Namesake ==
*[[Archi]] = [[Arrechi]] ([[Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 7|Pliny.vi.7]])


== Archi District ==
== Archi District ==
Line 19: Line 25:
[[Category:No Distribution]]
[[Category:No Distribution]]
[[Category:Jat Places in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Jat Places in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Afghanistan Districts]]
[[Category:Gotras after Places]]
[[Category:Gotras after Persons]]

Latest revision as of 11:23, 3 February 2023

Archi (अर्ची)[1] is a Jat clan. Archi people, an ethnic group in Dagestan, Russia. Archi is district of Kunduz Province in Afghanistan.

Origin

  • The clan may have originated from Arachina (अराचीन), a person mentioned in Pandava genealogy in Mahabharata (I.90.17-18).
  • It is said to get its name from living at Analesar pond on Arbudachal mountains, who were known as Archi.[2]

History

Jat Gotras Namesake

Arsi were people mentioned by Pliny.[3]

Jat Gotras Namesake

Archi District

The Archi District is situated in the northeastern part of Kunduz Province in Afghanistan. It borders with Khan Abad and Kunduz districts to the South-West, Imam Sahib District to the North-West, Tajikistan to the North and Takhar Province to the East. The district center is the town of Archi, located in the northern part of the district.

Archi people

The Archi (аршишттиб in Archi, арчинцы in Russian) are an ethnic group who live in eight villages in Southern Dagestan, Russia. Archib is the 'parent village' of these, because three months a year the whole community used to reassemble in Archi to engage in communal work. Their culture is one of the most distinct and best-preserved of all the cultures of Dagestan.

They have a total population of about 1,200, and speak their own language. Their habitat is about 2,000 meters above sea level in the Kara-Koisu basin of a range of the Caucasus.

Notable persons

External links

References


Back to Jat Gotras/Jat Places in Afghanistan