Barhaich or Varaich or " Baraich " is a gotra of Jats / Rajputs found in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 and Punjab in India

India

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These people came to be known as Bharhaich because they lived and ruled in Bharoch. According to Epigraphica Indica

Indica

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, Volume I, page29, a rock inscription Chamak Harsati Balaghat mentions that the Bharhaich Jats performed 10 Ashwamedha Yagnyas and, constructed 10 ghats in Banaras (now Varanasi

Varanasi

-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...

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According to Sir Denzil Ibbeston ( Census of the Punjab published in 1883 ) Reprinted as
" Punjab Castes " page 70 , " The Baraich sprung from Jewish Descent " . furthermore the Tribe
moved further east towards Punjab planes in times of Ghazni

Ghazni

For the Province of Ghazni see Ghazni ProvinceGhazni is a city in central-east Afghanistan with a population of about 141,000 people...

 and settled in Present day Gujarat .

At present these Baraich are settled in Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

. Further information on the Jewish Link can be found on http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/surdex/si_bp.htm
According, to coins and copper plates found near village Janghat of Farrukhabad

Farrukhabad

Farrukhābād , is one of the important cities of Central Doab Region in the State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city was founded in 1717 by Mohammed Bangash who named it after the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar. Farrukhabad is situated on the bank of sacred river Ganges.-Demographics: India...

 and various places in the Punjab, details of which are available in " India in the Cauvery" and "District Inscriptions in the Central Provinces of India".

These Jats / Rajputs ruled over Shergarh

Shergarh

Shergarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It is a small town known for rice and sugarcane.-Demographics:...

, they also ruled over Nagaur

Nagaur

Nagaur is a city in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagaur District. The Nagaur city lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner. It was founded by the Naga Kshatriyas.- History :...

 and other cites till 275 AD.

Inscriptions of their times are in Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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According to Xuanzang

Xuanzang

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, they lived in the Northwest parts of India as independent rulers and their religion was Buddhism

Buddhism

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In or about the 10th century A.D. they moved down to the river Jhelum

Jhelum River

Jehlum River or Jhelum River , ) is a river that flows in India and Pakistan. It is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District...

 in large numbers and settled down there. Till the 13th century AD they continued to fight with the Gakhar

Gakhars

The Gakhars are an ancient warrior clan who have predominantly resided in what is present day northern Punjab and South-Western Kashmir, Pakistan. In particular in the cities of Rawalpindi, Jhelum and regions of Gilgit, Baltistan, Chitral, Khanpur and Mirpur, Pakistan...

, Janjoha and the Gujars. Even to day they occupy a very compact area comprising 360 villages in a region called Jatat.

In the days of Feroz Shah Tughlaq a leader of these Jats named Heriya, joined Islam

Islam

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. A village founded by him is known as Hariyawala. After him all the Jats of this gotra joined Islam. Sagarh and Mard

Mard

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gotras are branches of this gotra.