Nara (gotra)
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Nara is a 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. This gotra originated from Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

word Naraya.

History

Mor and Nara are mentioned as Mura and Naraka two powerful “ Yavana” Kings, who were ruling over the Mura and Naraka along with Varuna in the western countries. Also compare Maru and Nairi of Assyrians inscriptions.

Distribution

Mandana village in Jhajjar district in Haryana has Jat gotra Nara in village the village. Bhukhri village in Ambala district in Haryana has Jat Gotra Nara and in nearby villages as well.

Bhaddar village in Gujrat district in Punjab/Pakistan has Jat gotra Nara in village the villege.
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