Dhariwal
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Dhariwal are a clan
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...

 of Jats found in both India and Pakistan.

History

One branch of the Mudgal
Mudgal
Mudgal is a panchayat town in Lingsugur taluk, Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Mudgal is about 10 miles south-west of Lingsugur....

s was called Dharan
Dharan (clan)
Dharan is an Indian clan of the Agrawal community. Agrasen established 18 Gotras 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, one of the most important trading communities in India.-Details:Dharan is...

. Later on, these people were known as Dhariwals.

Chandragupta II
Chandragupta II
Chandragupta II the Great, very often referred to as Vikramaditya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya in Sanskrit; was one of the most powerful emperors of the Gupta empire in northern India. His rule spanned c...

 married his daughter, Prabhavati
Prabhavati
Prabhavati was a 4th century regent of the western Indian Vakataka dynasty. Prabhavati was the daughter of a Naga dynasty princess from northern India who had been made a consort of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II when the Naga lands were overrun by Gupta soldiers. Recognized as an heiress of...

 with Rudrasena II of the Vakataka
Vakataka
The Vākāṭakas were a royal Indian dynasty that originated from the Deccan in the mid-third century CE. Their kingdom is believed to have extended from the southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the Tungabhadra River in the south as well as from the Arabian Sea in the western to the...

 dynasty of Deccan. Rudrasena II died fortuitously after a very short reign in 390
390
Year 390 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Neoterius...

 AD, following which Prabhavati ruled as a regent on behalf of her two sons. In the Riddhapura copper-plate inscription, she mentioned her gotra as Dharan.

Sardar Jai Singh Dhariwal was included in twelve misl
Misl
Misl generally refers to the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy. The states formed a commonwealth that was described by Antoine Polier as an "aristocratic republic"...

s of the Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

s.

The family Dhariwal

The family Dhariwal, belongs to the landed gentry and is known in India, in Faisalabad, Rabwah and in Sergodha. (Pakistan) . Nowadays, a lot of them moved to Europe, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Other meaning

Dhariwal is a small town in border district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. Situated on National Highway No.15, 50 km from Amritsar to Pathankot. The town was once renowned for its woolens as New Egerton Woolen Mills of British India Company was in operation since 1920. The trade name of woolens was Lal Imli- Dhariwal with a trademark of "SHEEP".
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