Ajmeria
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Ajmeria or Ajmeedia or Ajmidhia is gotra
(clan) of Jats
found in India
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, the youngest son of Samrat Bharat
. They were known as Ajmidhia or Ajmeria after Ajmidha.
According to another version, the Ajmerias were a group of people who came from the area around the city of Ajmer
in Rajasthan and settled in various places. They were known as Ajmeria or Ajmeri after the city of Ajmer Ajmeria Enterprise ajmeria.com.
Gotra
In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...
(clan) of Jats
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
found in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Origin
Some Ajmerias claim descent from NilaNila
Nila can refer to:* Nila River or Bharathapuzha, is a river in the Indian state of Kerala.* Nila Håkedal* Meera Chopra - a.k.a Nila, a South Indian actress* Pulau Nila, a small Indonesian volcanic island in the Banda Sea...
, the youngest son of Samrat Bharat
Bharata (emperor)
Bharata was a legendary emperor of India, and is referred to in Hindu and Jain mythology. He was son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar Dynasty of the Kshatriya caste. Bharata conquered all of greater Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named...
. They were known as Ajmidhia or Ajmeria after Ajmidha.
According to another version, the Ajmerias were a group of people who came from the area around the city of Ajmer
Ajmer
Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...
in Rajasthan and settled in various places. They were known as Ajmeria or Ajmeri after the city of Ajmer Ajmeria Enterprise ajmeria.com.