Ajmeria
Ajamidha, was the perpetuator of the royal line of Bharatas. And he begat six sons,--
- Riksha was born of the womb of Dhumini,
- Dushmanta and Parameshthin, of Nili, and
- Jahnu, Jala and Rupina were born in that of Kesini.
Jat Gotras from Ajamidha
Ajmeria or Ajmeedia or Ajmidhia is Gotra of Jats found in India.
In Mahabharata
Samrat Bharat was a chandravansi King of India. Raja Ajmidh/Ajamidha was born in sixth generation of Maharaja Bharata. India gets its name Bharat from Maharaja Bharat. Maharaja Bharat had three sons namely Rikshu, Kanva and Meed. The descendants of the youngest son Meed were known as Ajmidhia or Ajmeria.
Sakuntala's son came to be called Bharata. And Bharata married Sunanda, the daughter of Sarvasena, the king of Kasi, and begat upon her the son named Bhumanyu. And Bhumanyu married Vijaya, the daughter of Dasarha. And he begat upon her a son Suhotra who married Suvarna, the daughter of Ikshvaku. To her was born a son named Hasti who founded this city, which has, therefore, been called Hastinapura. And Hasti married Yasodhara, the princess of Trigarta. And of her was born a son named Vikunthana who took for a wife Sudeva, the princess of Dasarha. And by her was born a son named Ajamidha. And Ajamidha had four wives named Raikeyi, Gandhari, Visala and Riksha. And he begat on them two thousand and four hundred sons. [1]
According to James Todd[2] Hastin sent forth three grand branches, Ajamidha, Dvimidha, and Purumidha. Of the two last we lose sight altogether ; but Ajamidha's progeny spread over all the northern parts of India, in the Panjab and across the Indus. The period, probably one thousand six hundred years before Christ.
[p.50]: From Ajamidha[3] in the fourth generation, was Bajaswa, who obtained possessions towards the Indus, and whose five sons gave their name, Panchala, to the Panjab, or space watered by the five rivers. The capital founded by the younger brother, Kampila, was named Kampilnagara. Of this house was Draupadi, the wife, in common, of the five Pandava brothers : manners peculiar to Scythia.
The descendants of Ajamidha by his second "wife, Kesini, founded another kingdom and dynasty, celebrated in the heroic history of Northern India. This is the Kausika dynasty.
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References
- ↑ http://www.jatland.com/home/Adi_Parva,_Mahabharata/SECTION_XCV,p.203
- ↑ James Todd Annals/Chapter 4 Foundations of States and Cities by the different tribes,p.49-50
- ↑ Ajamidha, by his wife Nila, had five sons, who spread their branches (Sakha) on both sides the Indus. Regarding three the Puranas are silent, which implies their migration to distant regions. Is it possible they might be the origin of the Medes ? These Medes are descendants of Yayati, third son of the patriarch Manu ; and Madai, founder of the Medes, was of Japhet's line. Ajamidha, the patronymic of the branch of Bajaswa, is from Aja, ' a goat.' The Assyrian Mode, in Scripture, is typified by the goat. [These speculations are worthless.]
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