Uria (clan)
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Uria (Hindi: उरिया) is a gotra (clan) of Jats found in India. They had their kingdom in Orissa. When they lost their kingdom there, they migrated to other places and were known as Uria. [1] Megasthenes has written them in Greek as Uri people in his book Indica. [2]
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- ^ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 (Page 223)
- ^ Megasthenes-Indika
