Baranwal

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Baranwal (Waranwal , Warnwal , Barnwal as distinguished), a Hindu community which Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand are found in the northern, central and western India.

Legend[]

The Baranwal community descended from King Ahibaran, a Suryavanshi Kshatriya, who was the great-grandson of the legendary king Agrasen. The legends describe the ancestry of Ahibaran as follows: The children of King Dharmadat established their separate state, whose children are now called Bais Rajputs. King Harshavardhana was in his lineage.[6] The child of the eldest son Subhankar continued to rule in his native state, Chandravati.[1] Their offspring were King Tendumal and his descendant Maharaja Varaksh who took the side of religion in the war of Mahabharata and died by becoming a partisan of Pandavas.[7] The remaining people left Chandravati and came to North India due to the storm in Chandravati.[2] The clan of Maharaja Varaksha laid the foundation of his kingdom in a place called 'Ahar' in the presence of the Emperor of Hastinapur.[8] In the generation of Maharaja Varaksha, King Parmal descendants from him.[9] King Ahibaran born to King Parmal. King Ahibaran was married to Varanavati, the daughter of Khandav's King, who lives in a dense forest of selection trees located in the western part of the Ikshumati River in Antravredi.[10] [1][2][3] At present, they mostly reside in the regions of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. There is a big diaspora who have migrated temporarily to other states and countries.[2][4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Baynes, Thomas Spencer (1878). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Vol. 4. C. Scribner's sons. p. 515.
  2. ^ a b Asian Folklore Institute; Society for Asian Folklore (1972). Asian Folklore Studies. Asian Folklore Institute.[page needed]
  3. ^ Mittal, J. P. (1991). History of ancient India. p. 675. ISBN 9788126906161.
  4. ^ Gupta, C. Dwarakanath (1999). Socio-cultural History of an Indian Caste. Mittal Publications. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-7099-726-9.
  5. ^ "About District | District Bulandshahr, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". bulandshahar.nic.in.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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