Kalhan
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Kalhan is a gotra
of Jats
found in India
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In the confederation of tribes called Puru
, mentioned in the Rigveda
, was Sanyati whose son was Virabhadra
. Virabhadra had four sons, Ponbhadra, Kalhanbhadra, Atisurbhadra and Jakhbhadra, and Kalhanbhadra is the founder of the Kalhan gotra.
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"...
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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In the confederation of tribes called Puru
Puru
The Purus were a tribe, or a confederation of tribes, mentioned many times in the Rigveda, formed around 3180 BCE. RV 7.96.2 locates them at the banks of the Sarasvati River. There were several factions of Purus, one being the Bharatas...
, mentioned in the Rigveda
Rigveda
The Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns...
, was Sanyati whose son was Virabhadra
Virabhadra
According to Hindu mythology, Virabhadra or Veerabhadra was a super being created by the wrath of Rudra , when he stepped in to destroy the Yagna of Daksha, after his daughter Dakshayani - consort of Shiva, self-immolated in yagna fire...
. Virabhadra had four sons, Ponbhadra, Kalhanbhadra, Atisurbhadra and Jakhbhadra, and Kalhanbhadra is the founder of the Kalhan gotra.