Ranjanka (Great King) Bhumi Chand was the founder of the Katoch Dynasty

Katoch

Katoch is the name of a Rajput clan belonging to the Chandervanshi kshatriya lineage. Their traditional areas of residence was Trigarta Kingdom, Jalandhar, Multan i.e...

. He was the first great king of the Chandravanshi group (sub-group Katoch) of Kshatriyas. He is mentioned in the Puran

Puran

Puran Puran Tehsil is a sub-division and tehsil of Shangla District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan....

, the holy book of Hindus, as Brahmand Puran. According to this holy book, with the blessing of Goddess Parvati

Parvati

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, he was born in the month of April or May, the date in which Asthami falls.

The Goddess Parvati created him to fight the Rakshasa

Rakshasa

A Rakshasa or alternatively rakshas, is a race of mythological humanoid beings or unrighteous spirit in Hindu and Buddhist religion...

(devils), which he did. The Goddess Parvati gave him the territory of Trigarta

Trigarta Kingdom

Trigarta was a kingdom mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. Mahabharata mentions two different Trigarta kingdoms, one in the west close to the Sivi Kingdom and the other north to the Kuru Kingdom. Modern Kangra district is one of the ancient town in North Trigarta, India, extending westward to the...

, the territory around the three rivers of Satluj, Beas

Beas River

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, and Ravi

Ravi River

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.

His descendents are divided into sub groups:

• Katoch
  Katoch
  Katoch is the name of a Rajput clan belonging to the Chandervanshi kshatriya lineage. Their traditional areas of residence was Trigarta Kingdom, Jalandhar, Multan i.e...
  
  clan
• Katoch (Jaswal clan)
• Katoch (Guleria clan)
• Katoch (Sibaia clan)
• Katoch (Dadwal clan)