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Dhamendra Anchra - From Jhunjharpura (Bhadwa Parbatsar), Nagaur, Rajasthan, is social worker and journalist. Presently settled at Jaipur. Mob: 9950150000. His father was Ugma Ram Ji Anchra. | |||
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Anchra (आंचरा) (Anchara) Jat gotra live in Rajasthan[1] and Madhya Pradesh. It is same as Achra.
Origin
This gotra Jats gets its name from people living under the rule of Antargiri (अन्तर्गिरि). [2]
History
Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 10 mentions tribe of name Antargiri in shloka 48:
- अन्ध्राश च बहवॊ राजन्न अन्तर्गिर्यास तदैव च
- बहिर्गिर्य आङ्गमलदा मागधा मानवर्जकाः (Maan+Bardak) Mahabharata:VI.10.48)
Antargiri literally means 'inner mountains' and denotes the same high ranges as the Pali Mahahimavanta. It is the great Central Himalayas which comprises those highest peaks having altitude of 18000 feet and more like Gaurishankara, Nandadevi, Kedaranatha etc. Antargiri is also mentioned by Panini (V.4.112).[3]
The vast Expanse of High land beyond mid Himalayas extending to the Great Himalayas and further beyond to the edge of Tibetan plateau is known as the Inner Himalayan region or Himadri. In Mahabharata it is defined asw Antargiri. [4]
The tribes living in Antargiri, Vahirgiri and Upagiri were conquered by Arjuna in course of his northern expedition.
Antargiri is place between the Himalayan Ranges (Mbt, Bhisma Parva 9.49) . Arjuna conquered this place (Mbt, Sabha Parva 27.3), Antargiri has been identified with the Rajamahal hills in the district of Santal Pargana in the province of Bengal (Matsya, 113,44). [5]
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Nagaur district
Bhadwa, Dharna, Indokha Makrana, Jhunjharpura (250),
Villages in Tonk district
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Ratlam district
Villages in Ratlam with population of this gotra are:
Surana (1),
Notable Persons This Gotras
Dhamendra Anchra - From Jhunjharpura (Bhadwa Parbatsar), Nagaur, Rajasthan, is social worker and journalist. Presently settled at Jaipur. Mob: 9950150000. His father was Ugma Ram Ji Anchra.
See also
External links
Reference
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter IX,p.695
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998
- ↑ Encyclopaedia of ancient Indian geography By Subodh Kapoor, p.103
- ↑ Buddhist Monasteries of Himachal By O.C. Handa, p.25
- ↑ Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world, Volume 2 By Gaṅgā Rām Garg, p.505
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