Tomar (Gurjar clan)

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Tomar clan

Tomar is a Gurjar^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] clan (also called Tomara,Tanwar and Tuar) is an Indian clan,the members of which ruled parts of north India at different times. The Tomars claim descent from the Puruvanshi lineage of Indraprashtha of Mahabharata times.^[5]^[6] People belonging to the Gujjar Tomar clan are also found in various northern states of India and also found in Punjab and Kashmir Pakistan.

Statue of Tomar Gurjar King Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior

Some famous Tomar/Tanwar Kshatriya hindu Gurjar rulers are as follows:

Anangpal Singh Tanwar of Delhi

Ramshah Tomar of Gwalior ^[7]

Maan Singh Tomar of Gwalior

History

Lord Krishna displays his Vishvarupa (Universal Form) to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

Middle Ages - 1st Millennium AD

Historian Augustus Hoernle was of the opinion that the Tomaras were one of the ruling clans of Gurjars^[8]^[9] after the Gurjar Pratihara dynasty of north India 4th to 8th century AD, ancient Kuru Kingdom continuing its existence in the ages when India was ruled by Gupta Kings. It remained one of the 18 Great States under Gupta Kings.^[10]

References

↑ Rahi, Javaid (2012-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 01 and 02 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 372.
↑ Anthropologischer Anzeiger. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (E. Nägele). 2002. p. 283. The Hindu Gujjars of the Ropar District of Punjab show diversity for 10 biological measurements and 6 anthropometric indices from the Tomar Gujjars of the adjoining Delhi area.
↑ Roy, Srirupa (2024-03-05). The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of Populism. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-3799-3.
↑ Singh, Ajit Kumar (2003). Socio-economic Status of Farming Communities in Northern India. New Royal Book Company. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-85936-53-6.
↑ Tillotson, Giles (2019-04-25). Delhi Darshan. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-511-0.
↑ Matthew Atmore Sherring, Hindu tribes and castes, Volume 1, page 137
↑ Mahārāṇā Pratāpa ke pramukha sahayogī (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Granthāgāra. 1997.
↑ Pillai, S. Devadas (1997). Indian Sociology Through Ghurye, a Dictionary. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-807-1.
↑ Mayaram, Shail (2006). Against History, Against State. Permanent Black. ISBN 978-81-7824-152-4.
↑ Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the Gupta Empire

[1] Rahi, Javaid (2012-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 01 and 02 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 372.

[2] Anthropologischer Anzeiger. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (E. Nägele). 2002. p. 283. The Hindu Gujjars of the Ropar District of Punjab show diversity for 10 biological measurements and 6 anthropometric indices from the Tomar Gujjars of the adjoining Delhi area.

[3] Roy, Srirupa (2024-03-05). The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of Populism. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-3799-3.

[4] Singh, Ajit Kumar (2003). Socio-economic Status of Farming Communities in Northern India. New Royal Book Company. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-85936-53-6.

[5] Tillotson, Giles (2019-04-25). Delhi Darshan. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-511-0.

[6] Matthew Atmore Sherring, Hindu tribes and castes, Volume 1, page 137

[7] Mahārāṇā Pratāpa ke pramukha sahayogī (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Granthāgāra. 1997.

[8] Pillai, S. Devadas (1997). Indian Sociology Through Ghurye, a Dictionary. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-807-1.

[9] Mayaram, Shail (2006). Against History, Against State. Permanent Black. ISBN 978-81-7824-152-4.

[10] Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the Gupta Empire

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