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Origin of Gujars by Rahul Sankritayan
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Dear Brothers,
I wish you all very Happy New Year.
Rahul Sankritayan, a compulsive traveller from India who embraced many sects and ideologies, a litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist has done a great research in finding roots of Gujjars and Rajputs of Gujjars stock and proved that Gujjars are pure Aryan race. They were Warriors who travelled in all directions from their place of origin conquering rich lands, making great kingdoms and naming them after their clan, sub clan or in the name of their great ancestors. He has written Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) along with many other books. He was a secular person and embraced many sects and ideologies. Origin from Georgia seems to be unauthentic since Christian religion came in to in existence in Georgia in Ist. Century and Gujjars, the second batch of Aryans from came to India some where in 4th. Century. If Gergia theory is to be believed there would have been some Gujjar Christians also. It is possible that Gujjars might have gone to Georgia and given their to the place in the name of theor own clan.
Here is some information on this great writer as a nomad written
.....By.....
Hiren Bose
“He was India's greatest traveler and a nomad. After traveling on the Earth, he went on a voyage to the other world, I am confident there too he will not rest in peace,” wrote his friend, photographer Phani Mukherjee, paying tribute to Rahul Sankritayan (published in Saraswati December 1966).
Rahul Sankritayan visited Tibet, crossing the mountains on a horse and on a foot, at a time when there were no flights and the forbidden land was inaccessible. An inveterate traveler and a globetrotter, this incessant gypsy visited Tibet, France, Germany, Finland, China, Korea, Manchuria and Russia between 1907 and 1963. He said of globetrotting: "the best thing in life is to be a globetrotter. Nothing can be more beneficial to an individual and the society."
He never attended college and yet was invited to teach Buddhist philosophy in Soviet Russia's Leningrad University. That was Rahul Sankritayan-litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist. A renaissance man, though proficient in 16 languages, he preferred to write in Hindi, as "it is the language of the masses." Russsian academist F E Schebrosky who invited him to Leningrad University said about Rahul, “He is the only man in the world who entered Tibet surreptitiously, a place barred to outsiders. Stayed in a Buddhist muth, learnt the language and had the courage to bring back to India manuscripts which the country had lost.”
Born on April 9, 1893 at Pandha village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, Rahul was sent to a local madrasa where he familiarized himself with Urdu, Sanskrit, Nepali and Marathi. Married at the tender age of 11, he fled to Calcutta when 14 with an urge to see the world. Though bitter experiences made him return home, two years later he went back to Calcutta. From here he walked all the way to Ayodhaya to study the Vedas.
His quest to see different places took him to Haridwar, Deoprayag, Tehri, Jamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and the southern States. In 1912 he reached Benaras and became the disciple of a mahant. After accepting mudra and the mantra, he became Sadhu Damodardas. This phase of his life did not last long. Disillusioned with the life of a sadhu, he shed the saffron robes to become an Arya Samaji. He was not happy with this role either for long. In 1927, during his trip to Sri Lanka, he became a Buddhist monk and assumed the name, which stuck to him till his death--Rahul Sankritayan.
He was unable to recognize his ‘childhood wife’ when he came back home some 34 years later. In fact, he had never accepted his alliance since he considered it as a child marriage. While in Russia he married a Mongol intellectual lady, Yelena Novretona- Kozroboskya in December 1937. Within months he had to leave Soviet Russia as his visa expired and returned to India. It was in 1947 that Rahul got the opportunity to meet Yelena and his son, Igor when he visited Russia. After a stay of couple of months he had return to his homeland as India was going through cataclysmic phase, the country in the process of achieving freedom from two century of British rule. That was last he could set his eye on his wife and son. Repeated attempts by Yelena to visit her husband in India were frustrated by the Soviet authorities. Writes Rahul’s son, Igor, whose memoir originally published in Russia and translated for Hans (July 2003), “Mother appealed to the authorities that she be allowed to write letters to father but was rewarded with meaningless official replies. My father through his friends in Leningrad University and those who visited Soviet Russia tried to contact my mother but she was kept engaged in her chores day and night and not allowed to meet anyone. This ended in 1953 by when no one was trying to trace us.” At the age of 51, Rahul married Dr Kamla and remained a householder until his death in 1963.
Born in an orthodox Hindu family, Rahul went on to become an Arya Samajist, Buddhist and a Communist, accepting scientific humanism as his creed.
His essay Tumhare Dharam Ki Kshya (Death To Your Religion) is even today topical dealing with religious hatred. Rhyming on Iqbal's Mazhab Nahi sikhata apas mein bair rakhna/ Hindi hain hum watan hain Hindustan hamara, Rahul wrote, Asal baat ye hai-Mazhab to hai sikhata apas mein bair rakhna / Bhai ko hai sikhata bhai ka khon pina. "The reality is: Religion teaches us to be inimical. It teaches brother to bleed his brother to death."
He wrote: “The unity of Indians will be not the synthesis of religion, but on its pyre. Crow cannot be white-washed to resemble a swan...the sickness of religion is inherent. The cure lies in its annihilation.”
He also dealt with issues, which are still contemporaneous. His Aaj ki Samasyayen (Today's Issues) dwelt on Indo Pak relations, mother tongue, progressivism and litterateurs--issues, which still plagues us.
In the twilight years of his life, his friends and well-wishers thought that he would retire and lead a sedate life. But being a "soldier of the quill", he Didn’t partake his meals before writing at least 20 pages.
His autobiography, his collection of stories ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, his research oriented works like ‘Darshan-Digdrashan’, ‘Buddha Charya’ and ‘Dohakosh’; ‘Sashan Sabdakosh’, the 16,000 word English-Hindi dictionary; ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’, a historical work in two volumes; his work on the Hindi dialectics like Bhojpuri, Maithili and Maghi; and collection and compilation of folk literature is a seminal contribution which is unlikely to be excelled by others in the near future. For his seminal work ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) on which he worked for 18 long years, including the two years he spent in Leningrad University was, awarded the Sahitya Akademi award.
His attempts to search the truth attracted controversies. In the stories of ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, he successfully attempted to discover the long forgotten and unknown facts of our past. He angered the Hindus by mentioning that initially Brahmins were meat-eaters. And demands were made by many Hindu religious bodies to proscribe the book.
His greatest contribution was in the field of travel writing, a totally different genre, which stands unexcelled even today, at least in Hindi. Like travelers of yore (Marco Polo, Huen Tsang, Fa Hien and others), Rahul used transport only when necessary and made it a point to travel on foot. Like a social scientist, he searched the genesis of customs, questioned the traditions and causes, and all along providing answers to the intriguing readers. For instance, while traveling in Tibet, he discovered the cause, which led to the Rakovas becoming untouchables.
He tried his hand in every genre of writing-biography, profile, history, archaeology, theology, sociology, political propaganda, logistics, literary criticism, research of ancient texts, lexicography, journalism and even translation. He translated from Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Prakrit, English, Urdu and Russian rendering them into Hindi. He left some 138 books and many of his manuscripts still remain unpublished. Sadly, most Indians remain unaware of the vast repository of Rahul’s works. Only handful of his books has been rendered in Bangla and Malaylam.
Recognition from the country came very late. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, when his mental powers had deteriorated to the extent that he had completely lost his memory, and remained in this state till the last years of his life. Reminisced journalist Prabhakar Machwe: “He spent the last four years of his life in great pain, for he had lost his memory. The man who accumulated so much treasure of knowledge in the last years of his life he could neither write his name nor read. A strange curse a progressive individual and a creator of new paths of knowledge had to bear.”
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I do not know clearly. 'Chechey' is a gotra (clan) in Gurjars. Is it linked to Chechenia? 'Basoya' is also a gotra in Gurjars. Head of Chechenia muslim terrorist group is Mr. ..... Basoyalov. Is this also linked to Gurjars.
?? What a coincidence?? Any similarity in name of true link of clans???
I leave it to researchers.
Harish Gurjar (bhadana)
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Hi Harish,
Chechi is a branch of Chauhans both in Gujjars as well as Rajputs. Ex- CM of MP Shri Digvijay Singh is of Chechi gotra from Chauhan branch. Col Tod did not have very good understanding of Gotras of Gujjars and Rajputs but he did a great job in recording the sotries told to him by bards. Panna Dhai was of Chechi Gotra as well.
Rahul Sankritayan did a great job and took lot of pains to gather the historical information regarding these great warrior tribes of central asia. That is is the reason I have provided some information about this great scholar that no body can take him lightly.
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AP Singh
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I WANTED TO NO IF ANY I CAN GVE ME SUME INFORMATION ON BANIA ITS A SUB CLAN OF THE GUJAR CLAN
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kindly give the cmplette gujjars gotra.
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Greetings of the day,
Thats a great deal of knowledge. the irony for my writing is that i am a gujar and my name is rahul tooo. makes me feel like high. cool job u researchers i am glad well pretty much i am a social animal and haven,t got much to say about the gujar history. But if there is something i can do for any indian bro i am always there for you guys. chees Rahul Lohia. Rahukiwi@yahoo.com
Quote:Dear Brothers,
I wish you all very Happy New Year.
Rahul Sankritayan, a compulsive traveller from India who embraced many sects and ideologies, a litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist has done a great research in finding roots of Gujjars and Rajputs of Gujjars stock and proved that Gujjars are pure Aryan race. They were Warriors who travelled in all directions from their place of origin conquering rich lands, making great kingdoms and naming them after their clan, sub clan or in the name of their great ancestors. He has written Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) along with many other books. He was a secular person and embraced many sects and ideologies. Origin from Georgia seems to be unauthentic since Christian religion came in to in existence in Georgia in Ist. Century and Gujjars, the second batch of Aryans from came to India some where in 4th. Century. If Gergia theory is to be believed there would have been some Gujjar Christians also. It is possible that Gujjars might have gone to Georgia and given their to the place in the name of theor own clan.
Here is some information on this great writer as a nomad written
.....By.....
Hiren Bose
“He was India's greatest traveler and a nomad. After traveling on the Earth, he went on a voyage to the other world, I am confident there too he will not rest in peace,” wrote his friend, photographer Phani Mukherjee, paying tribute to Rahul Sankritayan (published in Saraswati December 1966).
Rahul Sankritayan visited Tibet, crossing the mountains on a horse and on a foot, at a time when there were no flights and the forbidden land was inaccessible. An inveterate traveler and a globetrotter, this incessant gypsy visited Tibet, France, Germany, Finland, China, Korea, Manchuria and Russia between 1907 and 1963. He said of globetrotting: "the best thing in life is to be a globetrotter. Nothing can be more beneficial to an individual and the society."
He never attended college and yet was invited to teach Buddhist philosophy in Soviet Russia's Leningrad University. That was Rahul Sankritayan-litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist. A renaissance man, though proficient in 16 languages, he preferred to write in Hindi, as "it is the language of the masses." Russsian academist F E Schebrosky who invited him to Leningrad University said about Rahul, “He is the only man in the world who entered Tibet surreptitiously, a place barred to outsiders. Stayed in a Buddhist muth, learnt the language and had the courage to bring back to India manuscripts which the country had lost.”
Born on April 9, 1893 at Pandha village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, Rahul was sent to a local madrasa where he familiarized himself with Urdu, Sanskrit, Nepali and Marathi. Married at the tender age of 11, he fled to Calcutta when 14 with an urge to see the world. Though bitter experiences made him return home, two years later he went back to Calcutta. From here he walked all the way to Ayodhaya to study the Vedas.
His quest to see different places took him to Haridwar, Deoprayag, Tehri, Jamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and the southern States. In 1912 he reached Benaras and became the disciple of a mahant. After accepting mudra and the mantra, he became Sadhu Damodardas. This phase of his life did not last long. Disillusioned with the life of a sadhu, he shed the saffron robes to become an Arya Samaji. He was not happy with this role either for long. In 1927, during his trip to Sri Lanka, he became a Buddhist monk and assumed the name, which stuck to him till his death--Rahul Sankritayan.
He was unable to recognize his ‘childhood wife’ when he came back home some 34 years later. In fact, he had never accepted his alliance since he considered it as a child marriage. While in Russia he married a Mongol intellectual lady, Yelena Novretona- Kozroboskya in December 1937. Within months he had to leave Soviet Russia as his visa expired and returned to India. It was in 1947 that Rahul got the opportunity to meet Yelena and his son, Igor when he visited Russia. After a stay of couple of months he had return to his homeland as India was going through cataclysmic phase, the country in the process of achieving freedom from two century of British rule. That was last he could set his eye on his wife and son. Repeated attempts by Yelena to visit her husband in India were frustrated by the Soviet authorities. Writes Rahul’s son, Igor, whose memoir originally published in Russia and translated for Hans (July 2003), “Mother appealed to the authorities that she be allowed to write letters to father but was rewarded with meaningless official replies. My father through his friends in Leningrad University and those who visited Soviet Russia tried to contact my mother but she was kept engaged in her chores day and night and not allowed to meet anyone. This ended in 1953 by when no one was trying to trace us.” At the age of 51, Rahul married Dr Kamla and remained a householder until his death in 1963.
Born in an orthodox Hindu family, Rahul went on to become an Arya Samajist, Buddhist and a Communist, accepting scientific humanism as his creed.
His essay Tumhare Dharam Ki Kshya (Death To Your Religion) is even today topical dealing with religious hatred. Rhyming on Iqbal's Mazhab Nahi sikhata apas mein bair rakhna/ Hindi hain hum watan hain Hindustan hamara, Rahul wrote, Asal baat ye hai-Mazhab to hai sikhata apas mein bair rakhna / Bhai ko hai sikhata bhai ka khon pina. "The reality is: Religion teaches us to be inimical. It teaches brother to bleed his brother to death."
He wrote: “The unity of Indians will be not the synthesis of religion, but on its pyre. Crow cannot be white-washed to resemble a swan...the sickness of religion is inherent. The cure lies in its annihilation.”
He also dealt with issues, which are still contemporaneous. His Aaj ki Samasyayen (Today's Issues) dwelt on Indo Pak relations, mother tongue, progressivism and litterateurs--issues, which still plagues us.
In the twilight years of his life, his friends and well-wishers thought that he would retire and lead a sedate life. But being a "soldier of the quill", he Didn’t partake his meals before writing at least 20 pages.
His autobiography, his collection of stories ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, his research oriented works like ‘Darshan-Digdrashan’, ‘Buddha Charya’ and ‘Dohakosh’; ‘Sashan Sabdakosh’, the 16,000 word English-Hindi dictionary; ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’, a historical work in two volumes; his work on the Hindi dialectics like Bhojpuri, Maithili and Maghi; and collection and compilation of folk literature is a seminal contribution which is unlikely to be excelled by others in the near future. For his seminal work ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) on which he worked for 18 long years, including the two years he spent in Leningrad University was, awarded the Sahitya Akademi award.
His attempts to search the truth attracted controversies. In the stories of ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, he successfully attempted to discover the long forgotten and unknown facts of our past. He angered the Hindus by mentioning that initially Brahmins were meat-eaters. And demands were made by many Hindu religious bodies to proscribe the book.
His greatest contribution was in the field of travel writing, a totally different genre, which stands unexcelled even today, at least in Hindi. Like travelers of yore (Marco Polo, Huen Tsang, Fa Hien and others), Rahul used transport only when necessary and made it a point to travel on foot. Like a social scientist, he searched the genesis of customs, questioned the traditions and causes, and all along providing answers to the intriguing readers. For instance, while traveling in Tibet, he discovered the cause, which led to the Rakovas becoming untouchables.
He tried his hand in every genre of writing-biography, profile, history, archaeology, theology, sociology, political propaganda, logistics, literary criticism, research of ancient texts, lexicography, journalism and even translation. He translated from Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Prakrit, English, Urdu and Russian rendering them into Hindi. He left some 138 books and many of his manuscripts still remain unpublished. Sadly, most Indians remain unaware of the vast repository of Rahul’s works. Only handful of his books has been rendered in Bangla and Malaylam.
Recognition from the country came very late. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, when his mental powers had deteriorated to the extent that he had completely lost his memory, and remained in this state till the last years of his life. Reminisced journalist Prabhakar Machwe: “He spent the last four years of his life in great pain, for he had lost his memory. The man who accumulated so much treasure of knowledge in the last years of his life he could neither write his name nor read. A strange curse a progressive individual and a creator of new paths of knowledge had to bear.”
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Hi Bashir,
This is very difficult for me to give you complete list of Gujjar Gotras since everybody has to contribute to it. It shall also be a good idea to give some historical background of each Gotra and their subbrances. Here is some information for you. The Gujjar Gotras found in Pakistan and Afghanistan are the same as found in India.
The main Gujjar Gotras are Pratihars,Solankis, Chauhans Chawras, Chandellas and Tanwar, Dhama, etc. and others are their braches and sub branches. The descendents of these clans are Hindus as well Muslims including Rajputs of both religions.
The Gotras having the title of Rana like Bhadana, Kasana, Adhana, Harshana, Chaprana, Salumbra ( Rana of Salumber, Salumber is place in Rajasthan), Nagdee called Nagar (Rana of Nagda, Nagda is a place in MP of very strategic importance during those days to control the trade route of Salt. This place is also called as Nagraha or serpentine route), Khatana, are mostly Gujjar Pratihars. This is due to the fact that only the overlords were called as Rana and their queens as Ranis. Later this title was also used by other Gujjar clans like Chauhans of Ghoga Bapa fame ( like Kalsana)and Guhilas ( a branch of Gujjar Solankis of Patan Gujrat of Bapa Rawal, Maharana Sanga and Maharan Pratap fame) after defeating some small Pratihars kingdoms in located in Rajasthan much later than 1036 AD after the fall of Pratihar kingdom kannauj to Muslim invaders.
It was not Gaznavid raids which blown over Gujjar Pratihars kingdoms but the infighting among various Gujjar clans like Chauhans, Chandellas, Parmars,Chalukyas (Solankis), Chawras and Tanwars.
The second reasons that there was very little in Afghanistan in the place of Gaznavis,and Ghoris similar to Mongolia to attract Gujjar conquerors like MihirBhoj Pratihar, Sidraj Jaisingh Solanki and Kumarpal Solanki, as there is little today to lure builders of factories and high-rises. This reason gave enough time for Gaznavis and Ghoris to gain strength and to wait for right opportunity to attack for weak rulers.
The Kingdom of the Pratiharas were divided into various principalities of various of Gujjar clans like Patan (Gujrat) was under the Chalukyas, Ajmer by Chauhans, the Bundelkhand by Chandellas, Chittor by Guhilas, Malwa by Parmars and Non-Gujjar Fuedatrories of Pratihars who became independent were Kachhaghal (Kachwaha) of Gwalior and Kalachuris and Chedis of central India.
The process of the disintegration of the Pratihara empire continued , by the 10th Century AD the empire shrunk into a small kingdom. In 1018AD when Mahmud Ghaznavi invaded Kannauj the ruler Rajapala decided not to face him but fled the city. This caused resentment in the Chandela ruler Gauda, who sent his son Vidydhar to invade Kannauj. He defeated and killed Rajyapala but placed Trilochanpala Rajyapala's son on the throne. The last ruler of the dynasty was Jasapala who ruled up to 1036 AD before Pratihara dynasty came to an end.
AP Singh
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Origin of Gujars by Rahul Sankritayan
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Dear Brothers,
I wish you all very Happy New Year.
Rahul Sankritayan, a compulsive traveller from India who embraced many sects and ideologies, a litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist has done a great research in finding roots of Gujjars and Rajputs of Gujjars stock and proved that Gujjars are pure Aryan race. They were Warriors who travelled in all directions from their place of origin conquering rich lands, making great kingdoms and naming them after their clan, sub clan or in the name of their great ancestors. He has written Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) along with many other books. He was a secular person and embraced many sects and ideologies. Origin from Georgia seems to be unauthentic since Christian religion came in to in existence in Georgia in Ist. Century and Gujjars, the second batch of Aryans from came to India some where in 4th. Century. If Gergia theory is to be believed there would have been some Gujjar Christians also. It is possible that Gujjars might have gone to Georgia and given their to the place in the name of theor own clan.
Here is some information on this great writer as a nomad written
.....By.....
Hiren Bose
“He was India's greatest traveler and a nomad. After traveling on the Earth, he went on a voyage to the other world, I am confident there too he will not rest in peace,” wrote his friend, photographer Phani Mukherjee, paying tribute to Rahul Sankritayan (published in Saraswati December 1966).
Rahul Sankritayan visited Tibet, crossing the mountains on a horse and on a foot, at a time when there were no flights and the forbidden land was inaccessible. An inveterate traveler and a globetrotter, this incessant gypsy visited Tibet, France, Germany, Finland, China, Korea, Manchuria and Russia between 1907 and 1963. He said of globetrotting: "the best thing in life is to be a globetrotter. Nothing can be more beneficial to an individual and the society."
He never attended college and yet was invited to teach Buddhist philosophy in Soviet Russia's Leningrad University. That was Rahul Sankritayan-litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist. A renaissance man, though proficient in 16 languages, he preferred to write in Hindi, as "it is the language of the masses." Russsian academist F E Schebrosky who invited him to Leningrad University said about Rahul, “He is the only man in the world who entered Tibet surreptitiously, a place barred to outsiders. Stayed in a Buddhist muth, learnt the language and had the courage to bring back to India manuscripts which the country had lost.”
Born on April 9, 1893 at Pandha village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, Rahul was sent to a local madrasa where he familiarized himself with Urdu, Sanskrit, Nepali and Marathi. Married at the tender age of 11, he fled to Calcutta when 14 with an urge to see the world. Though bitter experiences made him return home, two years later he went back to Calcutta. From here he walked all the way to Ayodhaya to study the Vedas.
His quest to see different places took him to Haridwar, Deoprayag, Tehri, Jamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and the southern States. In 1912 he reached Benaras and became the disciple of a mahant. After accepting mudra and the mantra, he became Sadhu Damodardas. This phase of his life did not last long. Disillusioned with the life of a sadhu, he shed the saffron robes to become an Arya Samaji. He was not happy with this role either for long. In 1927, during his trip to Sri Lanka, he became a Buddhist monk and assumed the name, which stuck to him till his death--Rahul Sankritayan.
He was unable to recognize his ‘childhood wife’ when he came back home some 34 years later. In fact, he had never accepted his alliance since he considered it as a child marriage. While in Russia he married a Mongol intellectual lady, Yelena Novretona- Kozroboskya in December 1937. Within months he had to leave Soviet Russia as his visa expired and returned to India. It was in 1947 that Rahul got the opportunity to meet Yelena and his son, Igor when he visited Russia. After a stay of couple of months he had return to his homeland as India was going through cataclysmic phase, the country in the process of achieving freedom from two century of British rule. That was last he could set his eye on his wife and son. Repeated attempts by Yelena to visit her husband in India were frustrated by the Soviet authorities. Writes Rahul’s son, Igor, whose memoir originally published in Russia and translated for Hans (July 2003), “Mother appealed to the authorities that she be allowed to write letters to father but was rewarded with meaningless official replies. My father through his friends in Leningrad University and those who visited Soviet Russia tried to contact my mother but she was kept engaged in her chores day and night and not allowed to meet anyone. This ended in 1953 by when no one was trying to trace us.” At the age of 51, Rahul married Dr Kamla and remained a householder until his death in 1963.
Born in an orthodox Hindu family, Rahul went on to become an Arya Samajist, Buddhist and a Communist, accepting scientific humanism as his creed.
His essay Tumhare Dharam Ki Kshya (Death To Your Religion) is even today topical dealing with religious hatred. Rhyming on Iqbal's Mazhab Nahi sikhata apas mein bair rakhna/ Hindi hain hum watan hain Hindustan hamara, Rahul wrote, Asal baat ye hai-Mazhab to hai sikhata apas mein bair rakhna / Bhai ko hai sikhata bhai ka khon pina. "The reality is: Religion teaches us to be inimical. It teaches brother to bleed his brother to death."
He wrote: “The unity of Indians will be not the synthesis of religion, but on its pyre. Crow cannot be white-washed to resemble a swan...the sickness of religion is inherent. The cure lies in its annihilation.”
He also dealt with issues, which are still contemporaneous. His Aaj ki Samasyayen (Today's Issues) dwelt on Indo Pak relations, mother tongue, progressivism and litterateurs--issues, which still plagues us.
In the twilight years of his life, his friends and well-wishers thought that he would retire and lead a sedate life. But being a "soldier of the quill", he Didn’t partake his meals before writing at least 20 pages.
His autobiography, his collection of stories ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, his research oriented works like ‘Darshan-Digdrashan’, ‘Buddha Charya’ and ‘Dohakosh’; ‘Sashan Sabdakosh’, the 16,000 word English-Hindi dictionary; ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’, a historical work in two volumes; his work on the Hindi dialectics like Bhojpuri, Maithili and Maghi; and collection and compilation of folk literature is a seminal contribution which is unlikely to be excelled by others in the near future. For his seminal work ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) on which he worked for 18 long years, including the two years he spent in Leningrad University was, awarded the Sahitya Akademi award.
His attempts to search the truth attracted controversies. In the stories of ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, he successfully attempted to discover the long forgotten and unknown facts of our past. He angered the Hindus by mentioning that initially Brahmins were meat-eaters. And demands were made by many Hindu religious bodies to proscribe the book.
His greatest contribution was in the field of travel writing, a totally different genre, which stands unexcelled even today, at least in Hindi. Like travelers of yore (Marco Polo, Huen Tsang, Fa Hien and others), Rahul used transport only when necessary and made it a point to travel on foot. Like a social scientist, he searched the genesis of customs, questioned the traditions and causes, and all along providing answers to the intriguing readers. For instance, while traveling in Tibet, he discovered the cause, which led to the Rakovas becoming untouchables.
He tried his hand in every genre of writing-biography, profile, history, archaeology, theology, sociology, political propaganda, logistics, literary criticism, research of ancient texts, lexicography, journalism and even translation. He translated from Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Prakrit, English, Urdu and Russian rendering them into Hindi. He left some 138 books and many of his manuscripts still remain unpublished. Sadly, most Indians remain unaware of the vast repository of Rahul’s works. Only handful of his books has been rendered in Bangla and Malaylam.
Recognition from the country came very late. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, when his mental powers had deteriorated to the extent that he had completely lost his memory, and remained in this state till the last years of his life. Reminisced journalist Prabhakar Machwe: “He spent the last four years of his life in great pain, for he had lost his memory. The man who accumulated so much treasure of knowledge in the last years of his life he could neither write his name nor read. A strange curse a progressive individual and a creator of new paths of knowledge had to bear.”
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I do not know clearly. 'Chechey' is a gotra (clan) in Gurjars. Is it linked to Chechenia? 'Basoya' is also a gotra in Gurjars. Head of Chechenia muslim terrorist group is Mr. ..... Basoyalov. Is this also linked to Gurjars.
?? What a coincidence?? Any similarity in name of true link of clans??? I leave it to researchers.
Harish Gurjar (bhadana)
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Hi Harish,
Chechi is a branch of Chauhans both in Gujjars as well as Rajputs. Ex- CM of MP Shri Digvijay Singh is of Chechi gotra from Chauhan branch. Col Tod did not have very good understanding of Gotras of Gujjars and Rajputs but he did a great job in recording the sotries told to him by bards. Panna Dhai was of Chechi Gotra as well.
Rahul Sankritayan did a great job and took lot of pains to gather the historical information regarding these great warrior tribes of central asia. That is is the reason I have provided some information about this great scholar that no body can take him lightly.
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I WANTED TO NO IF ANY I CAN GVE ME SUME INFORMATION ON BANIA ITS A SUB CLAN OF THE GUJAR CLAN
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kindly give the cmplette gujjars gotra.
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Greetings of the day,
Thats a great deal of knowledge. the irony for my writing is that i am a gujar and my name is rahul tooo. makes me feel like high. cool job u researchers i am glad well pretty much i am a social animal and haven,t got much to say about the gujar history. But if there is something i can do for any indian bro i am always there for you guys. chees Rahul Lohia. Rahukiwi@yahoo.com
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I wish you all very Happy New Year.
Rahul Sankritayan, a compulsive traveller from India who embraced many sects and ideologies, a litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist has done a great research in finding roots of Gujjars and Rajputs of Gujjars stock and proved that Gujjars are pure Aryan race. They were Warriors who travelled in all directions from their place of origin conquering rich lands, making great kingdoms and naming them after their clan, sub clan or in the name of their great ancestors. He has written Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) along with many other books. He was a secular person and embraced many sects and ideologies. Origin from Georgia seems to be unauthentic since Christian religion came in to in existence in Georgia in Ist. Century and Gujjars, the second batch of Aryans from came to India some where in 4th. Century. If Gergia theory is to be believed there would have been some Gujjar Christians also. It is possible that Gujjars might have gone to Georgia and given their to the place in the name of theor own clan.
Here is some information on this great writer as a nomad written
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Hiren Bose
“He was India's greatest traveler and a nomad. After traveling on the Earth, he went on a voyage to the other world, I am confident there too he will not rest in peace,” wrote his friend, photographer Phani Mukherjee, paying tribute to Rahul Sankritayan (published in Saraswati December 1966).
Rahul Sankritayan visited Tibet, crossing the mountains on a horse and on a foot, at a time when there were no flights and the forbidden land was inaccessible. An inveterate traveler and a globetrotter, this incessant gypsy visited Tibet, France, Germany, Finland, China, Korea, Manchuria and Russia between 1907 and 1963. He said of globetrotting: "the best thing in life is to be a globetrotter. Nothing can be more beneficial to an individual and the society."
He never attended college and yet was invited to teach Buddhist philosophy in Soviet Russia's Leningrad University. That was Rahul Sankritayan-litterateur, linguist, philosopher, historian, theologist, lexicographer, Gandhian, Buddhist monk and Marxist. A renaissance man, though proficient in 16 languages, he preferred to write in Hindi, as "it is the language of the masses." Russsian academist F E Schebrosky who invited him to Leningrad University said about Rahul, “He is the only man in the world who entered Tibet surreptitiously, a place barred to outsiders. Stayed in a Buddhist muth, learnt the language and had the courage to bring back to India manuscripts which the country had lost.”
Born on April 9, 1893 at Pandha village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, Rahul was sent to a local madrasa where he familiarized himself with Urdu, Sanskrit, Nepali and Marathi. Married at the tender age of 11, he fled to Calcutta when 14 with an urge to see the world. Though bitter experiences made him return home, two years later he went back to Calcutta. From here he walked all the way to Ayodhaya to study the Vedas.
His quest to see different places took him to Haridwar, Deoprayag, Tehri, Jamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and the southern States. In 1912 he reached Benaras and became the disciple of a mahant. After accepting mudra and the mantra, he became Sadhu Damodardas. This phase of his life did not last long. Disillusioned with the life of a sadhu, he shed the saffron robes to become an Arya Samaji. He was not happy with this role either for long. In 1927, during his trip to Sri Lanka, he became a Buddhist monk and assumed the name, which stuck to him till his death--Rahul Sankritayan.
He was unable to recognize his ‘childhood wife’ when he came back home some 34 years later. In fact, he had never accepted his alliance since he considered it as a child marriage. While in Russia he married a Mongol intellectual lady, Yelena Novretona- Kozroboskya in December 1937. Within months he had to leave Soviet Russia as his visa expired and returned to India. It was in 1947 that Rahul got the opportunity to meet Yelena and his son, Igor when he visited Russia. After a stay of couple of months he had return to his homeland as India was going through cataclysmic phase, the country in the process of achieving freedom from two century of British rule. That was last he could set his eye on his wife and son. Repeated attempts by Yelena to visit her husband in India were frustrated by the Soviet authorities. Writes Rahul’s son, Igor, whose memoir originally published in Russia and translated for Hans (July 2003), “Mother appealed to the authorities that she be allowed to write letters to father but was rewarded with meaningless official replies. My father through his friends in Leningrad University and those who visited Soviet Russia tried to contact my mother but she was kept engaged in her chores day and night and not allowed to meet anyone. This ended in 1953 by when no one was trying to trace us.” At the age of 51, Rahul married Dr Kamla and remained a householder until his death in 1963.
Born in an orthodox Hindu family, Rahul went on to become an Arya Samajist, Buddhist and a Communist, accepting scientific humanism as his creed.
His essay Tumhare Dharam Ki Kshya (Death To Your Religion) is even today topical dealing with religious hatred. Rhyming on Iqbal's Mazhab Nahi sikhata apas mein bair rakhna/ Hindi hain hum watan hain Hindustan hamara, Rahul wrote, Asal baat ye hai-Mazhab to hai sikhata apas mein bair rakhna / Bhai ko hai sikhata bhai ka khon pina. "The reality is: Religion teaches us to be inimical. It teaches brother to bleed his brother to death."
He wrote: “The unity of Indians will be not the synthesis of religion, but on its pyre. Crow cannot be white-washed to resemble a swan...the sickness of religion is inherent. The cure lies in its annihilation.”
He also dealt with issues, which are still contemporaneous. His Aaj ki Samasyayen (Today's Issues) dwelt on Indo Pak relations, mother tongue, progressivism and litterateurs--issues, which still plagues us.
In the twilight years of his life, his friends and well-wishers thought that he would retire and lead a sedate life. But being a "soldier of the quill", he Didn’t partake his meals before writing at least 20 pages.
His autobiography, his collection of stories ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, his research oriented works like ‘Darshan-Digdrashan’, ‘Buddha Charya’ and ‘Dohakosh’; ‘Sashan Sabdakosh’, the 16,000 word English-Hindi dictionary; ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’, a historical work in two volumes; his work on the Hindi dialectics like Bhojpuri, Maithili and Maghi; and collection and compilation of folk literature is a seminal contribution which is unlikely to be excelled by others in the near future. For his seminal work ‘Madhya Asia Ka Itihas’ (History of Central Asia) on which he worked for 18 long years, including the two years he spent in Leningrad University was, awarded the Sahitya Akademi award.
His attempts to search the truth attracted controversies. In the stories of ‘Volga Se Ganga Tak’, he successfully attempted to discover the long forgotten and unknown facts of our past. He angered the Hindus by mentioning that initially Brahmins were meat-eaters. And demands were made by many Hindu religious bodies to proscribe the book.
His greatest contribution was in the field of travel writing, a totally different genre, which stands unexcelled even today, at least in Hindi. Like travelers of yore (Marco Polo, Huen Tsang, Fa Hien and others), Rahul used transport only when necessary and made it a point to travel on foot. Like a social scientist, he searched the genesis of customs, questioned the traditions and causes, and all along providing answers to the intriguing readers. For instance, while traveling in Tibet, he discovered the cause, which led to the Rakovas becoming untouchables.
He tried his hand in every genre of writing-biography, profile, history, archaeology, theology, sociology, political propaganda, logistics, literary criticism, research of ancient texts, lexicography, journalism and even translation. He translated from Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Prakrit, English, Urdu and Russian rendering them into Hindi. He left some 138 books and many of his manuscripts still remain unpublished. Sadly, most Indians remain unaware of the vast repository of Rahul’s works. Only handful of his books has been rendered in Bangla and Malaylam.
Recognition from the country came very late. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, when his mental powers had deteriorated to the extent that he had completely lost his memory, and remained in this state till the last years of his life. Reminisced journalist Prabhakar Machwe: “He spent the last four years of his life in great pain, for he had lost his memory. The man who accumulated so much treasure of knowledge in the last years of his life he could neither write his name nor read. A strange curse a progressive individual and a creator of new paths of knowledge had to bear.”
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Hi Bashir,
This is very difficult for me to give you complete list of Gujjar Gotras since everybody has to contribute to it. It shall also be a good idea to give some historical background of each Gotra and their subbrances. Here is some information for you. The Gujjar Gotras found in Pakistan and Afghanistan are the same as found in India.
The main Gujjar Gotras are Pratihars,Solankis, Chauhans Chawras, Chandellas and Tanwar, Dhama, etc. and others are their braches and sub branches. The descendents of these clans are Hindus as well Muslims including Rajputs of both religions.
The Gotras having the title of Rana like Bhadana, Kasana, Adhana, Harshana, Chaprana, Salumbra ( Rana of Salumber, Salumber is place in Rajasthan), Nagdee called Nagar (Rana of Nagda, Nagda is a place in MP of very strategic importance during those days to control the trade route of Salt. This place is also called as Nagraha or serpentine route), Khatana, are mostly Gujjar Pratihars. This is due to the fact that only the overlords were called as Rana and their queens as Ranis. Later this title was also used by other Gujjar clans like Chauhans of Ghoga Bapa fame ( like Kalsana)and Guhilas ( a branch of Gujjar Solankis of Patan Gujrat of Bapa Rawal, Maharana Sanga and Maharan Pratap fame) after defeating some small Pratihars kingdoms in located in Rajasthan much later than 1036 AD after the fall of Pratihar kingdom kannauj to Muslim invaders.
It was not Gaznavid raids which blown over Gujjar Pratihars kingdoms but the infighting among various Gujjar clans like Chauhans, Chandellas, Parmars,Chalukyas (Solankis), Chawras and Tanwars.
The second reasons that there was very little in Afghanistan in the place of Gaznavis,and Ghoris similar to Mongolia to attract Gujjar conquerors like MihirBhoj Pratihar, Sidraj Jaisingh Solanki and Kumarpal Solanki, as there is little today to lure builders of factories and high-rises. This reason gave enough time for Gaznavis and Ghoris to gain strength and to wait for right opportunity to attack for weak rulers.
The Kingdom of the Pratiharas were divided into various principalities of various of Gujjar clans like Patan (Gujrat) was under the Chalukyas, Ajmer by Chauhans, the Bundelkhand by Chandellas, Chittor by Guhilas, Malwa by Parmars and Non-Gujjar Fuedatrories of Pratihars who became independent were Kachhaghal (Kachwaha) of Gwalior and Kalachuris and Chedis of central India.
The process of the disintegration of the Pratihara empire continued , by the 10th Century AD the empire shrunk into a small kingdom. In 1018AD when Mahmud Ghaznavi invaded Kannauj the ruler Rajapala decided not to face him but fled the city. This caused resentment in the Chandela ruler Gauda, who sent his son Vidydhar to invade Kannauj. He defeated and killed Rajyapala but placed Trilochanpala Rajyapala's son on the throne. The last ruler of the dynasty was Jasapala who ruled up to 1036 AD before Pratihara dynasty came to an end.
