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India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Surname

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. The first use of the name came about during the rule of Emperor Agrasen

Agrasen

Maharaja Agrasena was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, a city of traders, from whom the Agrawal and Agrahari clans trace their origin...

 and his wife Queen Madhavi (3200 B.C). Agrasen

Agrasen

Maharaja Agrasena was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, a city of traders, from whom the Agrawal and Agrahari clans trace their origin...

 established 18 Gotras (or clans) for each of his 18 sons based on the names of their Guru and divided his empire among them. Collectively these 18 Gotras are called Agrawal

Agrawal

Agrawal or Agarwal is a large and influential community in India. Agrawals are Kshatriya by birth of the Solar Dynasty but after the adoption of Vanika dharma by king Agrasena, Agrawals started dealing in business...

, one of the most important trading communities in India

India

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Bansal is one of the original 18 Gotras established by Agrasen

Agrasen

Maharaja Agrasena was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, a city of traders, from whom the Agrawal and Agrahari clans trace their origin...

. Agrasen was a Hindu

Hindu

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 Kshatriya

Kshatriya

*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...

 king of Suryavansha

Suryavansha

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 (Sun) dynasty in North India. His capital was Agroha

Agroha

Agroha is an ancient town in Haryana in what is now Northern India, believed to be the birthplace of the Agrawal and Agrahari communities. Ancient structures, pot-shards, coins and seals have been found in archaeological excavations...

, near Modern Hisar, Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

. Agroha means land of Agrawals/Aggras.

• Gotra/Surname : Bansal
• Original Gotra : Vatsya
• Lord : Virbhan
• Saint (Guru) : Vishist/Vatsa
• Veda : Samaveda
  Samaveda
  The Sama veda , is second of the four Vedas, the ancient core Hindu scriptures. Its earliest parts are believed to date from 1700 BC and it ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rigveda...
  
  
• Branch : Kouthmi/Kauttham
• Sutra : Gobhil