What is "kahlon"

Kahlon is a gotra(surname) of Punjabi Jats. They are mainly found in Sialkot, Gujranwala, and Narowal of Pakistan, and Gurdaspur, Amritsar, and Patiala of India. They can also be found in Jalandhar and some parts of Haryana. In Pakistan they are Muslims whereas is India they are Hindus and Sikhs. The Jatheras of the Kahlons are in village Bhagowal of Gurdaspur. Kalon Jat tribe is found in Sialkot. It is described as of Somabansi or Lunar descent, from. Raja Jagdeo of Dharanagar, and has three movis or clans, Nehut, Jodh and Banna. Doubtless Kahlon. Kalon Jat tribe is found in Sialkot. It is described as of Somabansi or Lunar descent, from. Raja Jagdeo of Dharanagar, and has three movis or clans, Nehut, Jodh and Banna. Doubtless Kahlon. [6] They claim descent from Raja Vikramaditya of Somavansha, through Raja Jagdeo of Ujjain and Daranagar, concerning whom they tell the well-worn legend that in his generosity he promised his sister whatsoever she might ask. She claimed his head and he fulfilled his promise, but was miraculously restored to life. His descendant in the 4th generation Kahlwan gave his name to the tribe. Fourth from him came Soli or Sodi under whom they left Daranagar and settled near Batala in Gurdaspur, whence they spread into Sialkot.

Kalon Jat tribe is found in Sialkot. It is described as of Somabansi or Lunar descent, from. Raja Jagdeo of Dharanagar, and has three movis or clans, Nehut, Jodh and Banna. Doubtless Kahlon. [6] Muhammadan Kahlons perform the nikah, but they also observe Hindu observances at a wedding and when the procession sets out, they go to a chhari or malha tree outside the village. There a lamp is lighted in an earthen vessel and a thread tied round a branch of the tree. The bridegroom then cuts off the branch with a sword and puts it in the vessel.* Its jathera is Baba Phul Johad

B. S. Dahiya[3] writes: Panini mentions Kaunduparatha, as a part of Trigarta, Jullundur kingdom. The Kulun, Mentioned by Panini, are the Kahlon Jats, Kuluta, Kālān, Krishna of the Puranas, Resident of Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Mann and Kahlon are mentioned in the Markandeya Purana together as Mana, Kalaha, Kohalakas (Kohlis) and Mandavyas (Mandas) [4] The original name is Kahl, the German Kohl. [5]

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