Ahlawat
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Ahlawat (Hindi: (अहलावत) is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India. Two branches of Ahlawat Solankis were rulers in south India. Pulakesi I of this clan founded the Vatapi (Badami) kingdom between the Godavari and Krishna rivers. This branch ruled until 753. The second branch of this clan founded rule at Kalyani near Warangal in the northeast of Vatapi in 937. They ruled until 1190.
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[edit] Origin
The word "Ahlawat" is derived from Illa-Vrta. According to mythology, Illa-Vrta was a province in Jambudvipa. The word Illa-Vrta changed to Alawat and finally Ahlawat. [1]
[edit] Ahlawats in Central Asia
The historian Dalip Singh Ahlawat has indicated the habitations of Ahlawats in North-west region of India and as Alans in Central Asia. The Alans or Alani were an Iranian nomadic group. [2]
Ammianus Marcellinus considered the Alans to be the former Massagetae : "iuxtaque Massagetae Halani et Sargetae", "per Albanos et Massagetas, quos Alanos nunc appellamus", "Halanos pervenit, veteres Massagetas".
Jat historian Bhim Singh Dahiya theorises that Ahlawats in Russia are known as Allans. [3]
[edit] In Jangladesh and Haryana
After their down fall in south India they migrated to north India and settled at Dadheda village in Jangladesh. They further moved to Kalabadala place in the Bhiwani district of Haryana. After some time they moved to Seria village of Jhajjar district and cleared the forests of this place for cultivation. [4]
Chaudhary Deegh Ram founded another village Dighal. There are 26 villages of this gotra. Ohlan, Pehlan, Brahman, Joon and Made are derivatives of Ahlawats. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar. Adhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats). Agra 1998 page-220
- ^ Cap. Dalip Singh Ahlawat: Jat Viron ka Itihas (Hindi)
- ^ Bhim Singh Dahiya: Jats the Ancient Rulers
- ^ Jat Samaj: Agra, February 1992
- ^ Jat Samaj: Agra, February 1992
