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'''Damara (दमारा)''' is an ancient gotra of Jats. [[Damar]]/[[Dumhar]]/[[Damara]] clan is found in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[[An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan]] By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.13-14,122 </ref> | '''Damara (दमारा)''' is an ancient gotra of Jats. [[Damar]]/[[Dumhar]]/[[Damara]] clan is found in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[[An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan]] By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.13-14,122,137 </ref> | ||
== Origin == | == Origin == | ||
They are descendants of [[Trigarta]]s. <ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, [[Dharmpal Singh Dudee]], Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 257 </ref> | They are descendants of [[Trigarta]]s. <ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, [[Dharmpal Singh Dudee]], Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 257 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 31 July 2012
Damara (दमारा) is an ancient gotra of Jats. Damar/Dumhar/Damara clan is found in Afghanistan.[1]
Origin
They are descendants of Trigartas. [2]
History
Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), Book by Bhim Singh Dahiya mentions in the list Varahamihira's Names as Damara which at presnt is Damar. [3]
H. W. Bellew writes that Dumhar for Damara, a tribe formerly very numerous, and figuring prominently in the history of Kashmir (Rajataringini), as a powerful and turbulent people in the country about Lahore. The Dumhar, Domar, or Damar inhabit the Tokatu mountain overlooking Shal (Quetta) valley in Kalat Balochistan. [4]
Reference
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.13-14,122,137
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 257
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix II, p.331
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.122
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