| MAURYA Maurya (Maurya), Mori (Mori), Mahori (Mahori), Mauri (Mauri) is gotra of Jats found in Uttar Pradesh and in Rajasthan.
Origin :
Dhundiraja, the 18th century AD commentator on the Text of Puranas takes Chandragupt Maurya to be the son of Mura who was one of the wives of king Nanda [Chandraguptam Nandasyaiva patanyasya Mura-samjanasya putram Mauryanam prathamam].
Prof. Radha Kumud Mukerji, the author of Chandragupt Maurya and his times, comments on this statement as follows :
“Heavens save us from commentators who supplement texts by facts of their own creation! The commentator here makes the astounding statement that Chandragupt was a son of the Nand king against the silence of all the Purans on the subject. Such a fact completely militates against the context of the references which the Purans make to Chandragupt…. It may be noted that if there is any sort of connexion between a preceeding and succeeding dynasty, the Purans as a rule do not omit to mention it. ”He goes on to add that it "is nothing but a pure and simple invention of the commentator to explain grammatically the formation Maurya from Mura. But he is as innocent of grammar as of any concern for truth. It is impossible to derive by any grammar Maurya as a direct formation from Mura. The derivative from Mura is Maureya. The term Maurya can be derived only from the masculine Mura which is mentioned as the name of a gotra in a Ganapatha to Panini's Sutra [IV.1,151]. It is strange that the derivation of the term has not been traced by this track."
Another view about their origin is that they originated from Raja Maan Maurya (Maan Maurya).
In Purans :
As per Vayu Puran the Mauryan dynasty founded by Chandragupt at Patliputra in Ancient India involving of the following rulers :
"Upon the cessation of the race of Nand, the Mauryas will possess the earth, the Kautilya will place Chandragupt pm the throne: his son will be Vindusarar , his son will be Asokavarddhan, his son will be Suyaas, his son will be Dasrath; his son will be Sangat 'his son will be Salisuk; his son will be Somasarmman; his son will be Sasadharman; and his successor will be Vrihadrath . These are the ten Mauryas; who will reign over the earth for a hundred thirty-seven years ... The dynasty of the Sungas will next become possessed of the sovereignty; for Pushpamitra, the general of the last Maurya Prince, will put his master to death."
History :
Ram Sarup Joon writes quoting Todd that Chittor , then known as Jattor was the capital of Mori branch of Takshaks . Gehlot Jats later occupied it.
Mori or Maurya is one of Thirty-Five branches of the Pramars.
Jahajpur and Kumbhalgarh areas in Mewar region in Rajasthan were ruled by Mauryas . Samprati Maurya, grandson of Ashok, was ruler of Rajasthan. Samprati constructed many forts in Rajasthan. Famous fort is that of Kumbhalgarh . On ruins of this fort Maharana Kumbh constructed present historical fort. Samprati constructed a fort in Jahajpur also. Samprati Maurya was a follower of Jainism. There are ruins of ancient Jaina temples in Jahajpur.
Many branches of Mauryas ruled in Rajasthan. Mauryas defeated Yaudheyas in Shekhawati region who moved to northern parts of Bikaner such as Sindharani , Maroth etc, where they lived for a long period. The Maurya samantas of Prithviraj were Bhim Maurya, Saran Maurya, Madalrai Maurya and Mukundrai Maurya. (Devi Singh Mandawa, p.137)
A mountain named Maura near Jhunjhunu town in Rajasthan is in their memory.
Col. Tod considered that Maurya is a corruption of Mori tribe. The Tika on Mahvamsa builds a fancied resemblance of the word to Mayura, S Mori, Pr. 'a Peacock'. There being abundance of pea fowl in the place whee the Sakya tribe built a town, they called it Mori, and these princes were thence called Mauryas.
A fragmentary inscription from Mathura c.7th / 8th century related with Yasovarman of Kanauj introduces three Maurya rulers viz Candergupt, Aryaraj and Kark Dindiraj. Kark Dindiraj Maurya is also said to have lead a successful expedition against Kanauj.
Mori clan is a branch of Yaudheyas.
The ancient inscriptions in the Pali Buddhist character have been discovered in various parts of Rajasthan of the race of Taxak or Tak , relating to the tribe Mori and Parmara are their descendants. Taxak Mori was the lord of Chittor from very early period.
The Hun Kingdom of Sialkot (of Mihir Kul 515-540 AD), destroyed by Yashodharman , was subsequently seized by a new dynasty of kshatriyas called Tak or Taxak . The Taxak Mori as being lords of Chittor from very early period and few generations after the Guhilots supplanted the Moris , this palladium of Hindu liberty was assailed by the arms of Islam. (725-35) we find amongst the numerous defenders who appear to have considered the cause of Chittor their own the Tak from Asirgarh . This race appears to have retained possession ofAsirgarh for at least two centuries after this event as its chieftain was one of the most conspicuous leaders in the array of Prithvi Raj. In the poems of Chandar he is called the "Standard, bearer, Tak of Asir."
Hukum
Singh on Mauryas :
Certain phrases pertaining to Chandragupt Maurya in the said Drama, tempt us to form some idea of the physique and form of the Maurya Emperor. He is described as Moon-like Maurya, "Moon faced Maurya" with limbs tenaciously resilient, "strong shoulders to bear the Yoke" (of royalty, "borne by his elders)" "mettle-some like a young bull " "with lotus like feet, (rendered pink by the radiant rubies in the diadems of rulers, tremulously bending in obeisance" (to Vrishal, Chandragupt Maurya). All these references to the personality of the Maurya king that he was undoubtedly a handsome Kshatriya of fair complexion and not a Shudra as described by the interested element. Moreover, to all intents and purposes it sounds quite inconceivable that Chanakya might have ever thought of replacing a Shudra by another Shudra as the empire builder.
The Jats: Their Origin, Antiquity and Migrations : End of p.138
All this leads us to the surmise that Chandragupt was, in reality, a high class Kshatriyas of the Morya clan of Pippalivan ie of More town in the Patna district of Bihar. In the eyes of the Brahmans the Mauryas were Vrisal, (ie heretics) which in the course of time changed its significance to Shudra.
Recently, new light has been thrown on the origin of Chandragupt Maurya . Dr. HR Gupta informs that Chandragupt Maurya originally belonged to Koh-e-Mor , 250 km. north of Peshawar commanding the Swat valley beyond the Malkand pass, wherefrom after freeing Panjab from the Greeks, he shifted his parents to Panjab hills, designated his father Sarmor ie head of the More tribe and the hill state was later on known as Sarmour after this designation. Buddhist literature tells us that, after the demise of Lord Buddha , Virudhaka, the king of Kosala , attacked the Buddhists and massacred them, and that many of them fled to the north-western hills to escape his wrath. However, there is every, possibility that the Mauryas , as they were connected with the Sakyas of Kapilvastu, who were from Solar race of Aryans, had followed them to the west. It is significant that we find Moryas in Bihar and Mores in Haryana , Punjab and Rajasthan even today. Grammatically Moriya /Maurya can be easily derived from Mor / More but never from Mura.
Since Chandragupt (More) became famous as the founder Emperor of Maurya / Moriya dynasty at Patliputra, his descendents were called Moriya in Bihar etc., whereas they retained the original gotra as More in the west. Bappa Rawal, the traditional founder of Rajput clans, displaced the Mauryas in Rajasthan to set up his own rule. Petty Mauryan chiefs were known as far south as Goa down to 10th century AD and they survived in Mores in Marathas down to 17th century, (Chadrarav More) and Kiran More now confirm it.
It is extremely interesting to note that mores are also found in the Jats and like the Dharan Jats they also traditionally assert with an air of pride that their forefathers had been the first emperors of India in the historica1 past.
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Ram
Sarup Joon on Mauryas :
The Sheshnag rulers who earlier had their capital at Rajgiri , shifted to Patliputra on the confluence of Rivers Ganga and Sone. The ambitions Nand killed their last ruler and annexed the State. Nand also conquered the Kaushal kingdom.
At this stage Nand grew suspicious of his minister Shaktar, son of Viktar. After accusing him of some fictitious offense he got him imprisoned in a dry well.
One day King Nand happened to laugh. The maid who was attending on him also laughed. The king, considering her action impertinent, sentenced her to death. He however agreed to pardon her if she
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could tell why he had laughed. At night she went to the dry well and gave food and water to the starving Shaktar. He was grateful and on hearing of her problem, gave her the correct answer. She repeated it to the king the next morning. The king was surprised and asked her how she found the right answer. She told the truth. The king was impressed and ordered Shaktar to be released and reinstated. Shaktar, however, never forgave him and started plotting his destruction.
Vishnu Gupt, well known as Chanakya or Kautilya was educated at the University of Taxila. He was learned but ugly. One day a shoot of spear grass pricked his foot. He said aloud that he would destroy the grass. Shaktar who happened to be passing by told him not to worry, as he would get it destroyed. By royal servants. The two became friends after that.
Chanakya was harboring a grudge against Nand. He started looking for some one whom he could train to be capable of destroying Nand. One day he spotted Chandra Gupt holding a mock-up court of a group of shepherds. He asked him some questions and was impressed by his intelligent answers. Chanakya took Chandra Gupt in his care and trained him so well that with the connivance of Shaktar he became Nanda's C-in-C. He became very popular. Unfortunately the conspiracy leaked out and Chandra Gupt and Chanakya were banished from the country. They migrated to Punjab. At the time of Alexander's invasion they managed to get a number of small states to get together and marshaled a sizable army under the command of Chandra Gupt. He defeated Alexander's General Seleucus who gave him his daughter Helen in marriage and retired to Greece . Chandra Gupt became the ruler of most of the Punjab with Chanakya as his Prime Minister. Chandra Gupt conquered Magadh thus fulfilling Chanakya's long cherished aim of destroying Nand. Chandra Gupt's son Bindusar was killed in 272 BC. He is not well known in history.
Mor, Maurya, Maurana are Jat gotras of very old standing. Hence the rule of this dynasty has been given a high place in history of Jats.
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[P.120]: This is the sense of the way CV Vaidya has described this incident. Bappa Rawal was a feudatory of the Mori king of Chittor . Rawal is believed to belong to the younger king. To the north of Udaipur is a small village called Nagda , while Bappa Rawal used to rule. He ruled over the nearby Bhils. With the help of the Bhils, he thwarted the invasion of the Arabs. A Chalukyan inscription from Navsari suggests that the Arabs also attacked the Mauryas (perhaps only the Mauryas). We can infer that the defeated sage gave Bappa a Mauryan kingMust be advised to join army for defense of religion. Chronologically, Bappa attained the highest rank of Chittor. There are many legends in how this happened. One is that all the chieftains of Chittor revolted against the king and removed him and made Bappa the Adhishwara of Chittor. Whatever the case may be, the kingdom of the Morya clan was destroyed by Chittor.
Now the idea is when the kingdom of Chittor came out of Maan Morya . The inscription of Maan Maurya found in Chittor has Samvat 770 inscribed on it, meaning that in 713 Maan was ruling with pleasure. The time of the invasion of the Mauryan state by the Arabs was the time of 738 Navsari.
[P.121]: Considered according to the Chalukya inscription. Then we if that can really care Chittaur billions Mauryan empire was attacked on the value of the king was 738 so far were only state in Chittor. * Bappa may have usurped this kingdom here and there in the year 740.
It is pertinent to mention here that Maan's companion-Sangati left Chittor with great grief and went towards Javad (Gwalior state). These Maurya Jats tell their exit from Chittor . They say that we had to leave Chittor due to the curse of the sage. This sage is no other loser. It is said that in the Bhat books, the king is called the nephew of Bappa. We think it was the same as Dharma Veer Tejaji Meena called people as uncles. In those days, if someone wanted protection from someone, he used to address it as uncle and the man who was called uncle was not happy at all.
There is one more thing that only after Bappa, his family is counted among the Rajputs (being initiated by Hari). And we assume that Jat Gehlot and Rajput Gehlot from here Ghloton of
* But Dot Rajasthan considers Bappa to be Adhishwar of Chittor in 729.
[Page 122]: There were two categories: These Maharaj had also dug a lake in Chittor, which is called Mansarovar . From the Bhat texts, the description given by Tad Saheb in relation to Bappa is given by the authority of Aliphalla or Puranas. As- His mother said I am the sister of the Suryavanshi king of Chittor . Jatt Bappa who had not even seen the cities till today reaches Chittor. The king only keeps him with great respect by saying Bappa that I am your nephew. The king's relations get annoyed at the feudal king and Bappa for being so attracted and does not support the king even at the time when the enemy comes upon him. Bappa, who had the Divya given by Harit and the sword given by Gorakhnath , defeats the enemies.* But Chittor does not come back from the victorious country, goes to his fatherland Ghajini. At that time
* Guru Gorakhnath took place between 13-14th century. Some consider him a contemporary of Alha - udal, who was present in the 13th century. But Bappa was born in the eighth century, then where did Gorakhnath come from then.
Where did the land of Ghazni Bappa's fathers come from? There Yadav dynasty ruled for many generations. This is the chatter of the bhatas.
[ P.123 ]: One [Mlechha | Mlechh]] used to rule in Ghazni. After removing him from the throne, one Suryavanshi sat on the throne and married Salim Mlech's girl himself. Now return to Chittor. Here the angry feudatories were joined with Bappa and they supported Bappa to snatch Chittor. For this task of Bappa, Colonel Todd remembers him with bad words like Grateful and Durakakshi. Bappa assumed the titles of 'Hindu-Surya', 'Rajguru' and 'Chakve' as a king. After this, Bapa followed Iran, Turan, Kandahar, Kashmir, Ispahan, Kashmir, Iraq and KafiristanWon the kings and married their girls. And when he died, Hindu Muslims all vied to bury and burn his corpse. When seen lifting the shroud, only flowers were found in the place of the corpse.
We say this is the imagination of the Bhat people. The historical fact is that Bappa was a promising young man. Buddhist anti Harit gave her education initiation. Made the Bhils around Nagd his assistant. He became a servant of the Maan Raja with an army of his Bhils . On the other hand, Harit kept doing his work. Taking the opportunity, removing the Buddhist King Maan made Bappa the Adiswar of Chittor. At that time Chittor was a thriving state. Veer Baba got helpers like Bhil, he became famous
[P.124]: Happened. We say Agnikund like four men Bappa in Rajasthan innovative Hinduism proved beneficial for spreading. Therefore, it is not surprising if Hindus called it 'Hinduaan Suraj'. Gradually, all the states which were Maurya 's companions were destroyed by Mewar. Sindh 's brave opinion Maurya of the state church and Chittor of Harit destroyed. Thus Sindh and Marwar to have been the end of the Mauryan Jat state. *
* Chinese traveler Xuanzang has written the Maurya of Chittor as belonging to Sindh people! Tad writes Maurya of Chittor as the branch of Paramaras, but CV Vaidya's view considers him to be Maurya.
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