Handa (clan)

Handa (Punjabi: ਹਾਂਡਾ, ہانڈا; Hindi: हाँडा) is a prominent Khatri clan originating from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Many Handas trace their origin to the city of Gujranwala, which is located in the region

Many Handas are Hindus, with a significant number being Sikhs and Muslims as well. As the Kambojas are an extremely ancient and a prominent Kshatriya tribe of north-west India, attested in the Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda, Mahabharata, Valmiki Ramayana, numerous Puranas, Manusmriti and a host other ancient Sanskrit and Pali texts, it is highly probable that all Handas can be traced back to the primeval Kambojas of the remote antiquity. This is very logical since though the branches of ethnic tree could be many, the seed has to be same ...i.e. the primeval Kambojas. We are informed by numerous ancient Sanskrit texts like Ashtadhyayi of Pāṇini,[1] Manusmriti,[2] Mahabharata,[3] Kautiliya's Arthashastra,[4] Harivamsa,[5] Vayu Purana,[6] Brahmanda Purana[7] and several other authorities that the ancestors of the modern Kambojs, in ancient times, were prominent Kshatriyas[8] and were established in the Kshatriya-Dharama as a warriors and a rulers.[9][10] Their rulers have been styled Rajaniyas as well as Kshatriyas in these ancient texts.

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Prominent Handas

Media

Vipin Handa - Noted television personality and film critic

Brjalala Handa - Indian author writing in Hindi; novels and other works

Bollywood and fashion

Sophia Handa - Mrs Gladrags winner 2009 and Bollywood actress Sophia Handa

References

  1. ^ Ashtadhyayi IV.1.168-175.
  2. ^ (Manusmriti, X.43-44). .
  3. ^ Mahabharata 02.5.18-19; Mahabharata 13.33.20-21. Cf also: Mahabharata 13.35.17-18.
  4. ^ Arthashastra 11.1.1-4.
  5. ^ Harivamsa, 14.17..
  6. ^ Vayu Purana: v 88.127-43.
  7. ^ Brahmanda Purana, 3.41.36; Ancient Kamboja, People and the Country, 1981, p 19, Dr J. L. Kamboj; Kambojas Through the Ages, 2005, p 15, S. Kirpal Singh.
  8. ^ Indological studies‎, 1962, p 15, History; Some Kṣatriya tribes of ancient India‎, 1924, p 241, Dr B. C. Law - Kshatriyas.
  9. ^ See: Foreign Elements in Ancient Indian Society, 2nd Century BC to 7th Century AD, 1978, p 125, Uma Prasad Thapliyal - India Civilization.
  10. ^ See also: Sabha Parava, Udyoga Parva, Bhishma Parva, Drona Parva, Karna Parva, Shalya Parva sections of the Mahabharata.