Sheokhand

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Sheokhand/Shokeen is a gotra of Jats found in Delhi and Haryana. The gotra gets its name from Shiva.[1]

History

The family records of this gotra/ Clan can be found with pundits in Gadhganga. According to Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria),this clan is living in about 25 contiguous villages [1] in Jind district of Haryana and about five villages in Nangloi block of Delhi, rest three villages in delhi are bit scattered. There are couple of villages of this clan in patiala and some in western Uttar Pradesh better known as Harit Pradesh. Of late this gotra has been Arabicised as Shokeen in some Delhi villages, though while marrying they retain their ancestral clan name that is sheokhand. They are identified by some scholars with the Shivis[2] or the Sibis of the Usinara country in the north of Haridwar near the source of Ganges.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria):The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity & Migrations, Rohtak, 1993. ISBN 81-85235-22-8, p. 38
  2. ↑ Kathasaritsagar, vol.1 p. 11
  3. ↑ ABORI, vol. XXIX, p. 117, fn. 9


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