Khoshya (Hindi: खोश्या) is a gotra[1] of Ahirs of Rajasthan and Haryana. According to historian Richard Gabriel Fox, Khoshya was dominant clan in Ahirwal whose ancestors occupied by force some Gujjar villages in Bharawas. One of the descendants of this clan, Chowdhari Deepchand was a sardar in the army of Emperor Alamgir II (1754–59).[2][3]

It is considered a Gotra in Haryana, but on a different note, it is also found as a surname in the Brahmin community of Kashmir, known as the Kashmiri Pandits

References

  1. ↑ Rose, H.A. (1999). A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West frontier province. Vol. 2. Low Price Publications. ISBN 9788175361546. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Fox, Richard Gabriel (1977). Realm and Region in Traditional India. ISBN 9780916994129.
  3. ↑ Realm and region in traditional India-page-83

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