Khasa
Khasa (खासा) Khasha (खासा) is gotra of Jats found in Distt Sonipat in Haryana and Sikar district in Rajasthan.
History
Mahabharata period
Possibly, these people have been mentioned in the Mahabharata. [1] alongwith the Johal, Kuninda (Kundu) Tangana (Tangal) clans. Their location on both sides of the river Shailoda lying between the Meru (Pamir) and Mandar mountains, where bamboos grow in abundance, Justifies this identification. [2]
Khasa (खश) - A famous Himalayan tribe in Nepal and southwest Kashmir; sided with the Kauravas. They have been mentioned in Mahabharata (II.48.3), (VI.10.66)
- मेरुमन्दरयॊर मध्ये शैलॊदाम अभितॊ नदीम
- ये ते कीचक वेणूनां छायां रम्याम उपासते (II.48.2)
- खशा एकाशनाज्यॊहाः परदरा दीर्घवेनवः
- पशुपाश च कुणिन्दाश च तङ्गणाः परतङ्गणाः (II.48.3)
- शूद्राभीराद दरदाः काश्मीराः पशुभिः सह
- खशिकाश च तुखाराश च पल्लवा गिरिगह्वराः (VI.10.66)
- The Mahabharata Tribe -Khasa (खश) may be identified with Jat Gotra - Khasa (खासा)
Described by Megasthenes
Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. [3] This clan has been described by Megasthenes as the Cesi (Khasa) , The hill-tribes between the Indus and the Iomanes, along with the Chrysei (Karesia), Cetriboni (Khatri), the Megallae (Mukul), the Chrysei (Karesia), the Parasangae (Paraswal), and the Asange (Sangwa) Jat clans. (see - Jat clans as described by Megasthenes)
In Gupta inscriptions
Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions/Names of Local Officers mentions Names of Mahattaras (Village-headmen) in which Khasaka has been mentioned as under[4]:
Khasaka (No.29, L. 5) : It is an abbreviated name with the addition of suffix 'ka' which according to Panini is used to denote : : (i) Depreciation. [5] (ii) Endearment. [6]
It is a non-Sanskritic word most probably a local or dialectal feature. Here */:' suffix may have been used in the sense of endearment meaning a "poor khasa": Khasa is the name of a people and of their country (in the north of India). [7] Khasaka can be native of that country or a man belonging to that race (considered as a degraded kshatriya). [8]
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Sonipat district
Ahulana (Sonepat)
References
- ↑ Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 48
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi , p. 283
- ↑ Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat viron ka Itihasa
- ↑ Book - Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions by Tej Ram Sharma 1976, Published by - Naurang Rai Concept Publishing Company 65-F, Anand Nagar DELHI-1 10035 (India), p. 64
- ↑ Kutsite, Panini, V. 3.75, e.g. Puranaka, name of a servant.
- ↑ Panini, V. 3.76, etc.
- ↑ Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier Williams p. 338, col. 3.
- ↑ Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier Williams p. 338, col. 3.
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