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Jat Clan: Mehria or Mahiwal Distribution Punjab (India) and Rajasthan Descended from: Kshatryas or Brahmins Branches: None Religion Hinduism and Sikhism Languages Punjabi and Rajasthani Surnames: Singh or Sharma Mehria (also Meheria, Mahiwal/Mehiwal, Mahe or Mahit) is a gotra or clan of Jats or Brahmins found in the states of Punjab and Rajasthan in India.
Origin
These are very old gotras. In the eighth generation of the Mirhas, there lived a king called Mahit. His descendants were called Mahi or Mahe. They founded the Mahe dynasty. People settled on the banks of Mahi River were called Maheria.[1] In about the first century AD, Darunpur, somewhere near Sujangarh, was the capital of the Mahe kings.
Geographic distribution
According to the census of 1911, their number was about seven thousand.
References
- ^ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 275
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