Johiya

Johiya (also Joiya, Joyia or Joria) is a clan found among the Rajputs of India and Pakistan.

Origin

The Johiya may be modern-day descendants of the ancient Yaudheya warrior tribe that ruled in some areas of northern India until the period of the Gupta empire. This theory - which was proposed by Alexander Cunningham - is not certain and it has also been mooted that they may be connected to another ancient tribe, being the Audumbaras.[1][2]

Johiya Rajputs ruled a large part of Jangladesh region before the arrival of Rao Bika. Later, the Johiya clan were defeated by the joint forces of Godara's and Rao Bika and they were forced to move to Punjab.

During 18th and 19th century, the Muslim Johiya chieftains - who were vassals of Bikaner State, had ongoing tussle for the control of northeast Rajasthan (Hanumangarh) and northwest Haryana (Sirsa, Fatehabad, Rania and Hisar) with Bhatti Ranghar Rajputs and Jat Sikh rulers of Patiala and Jind States.[3]

References
  1. Majumdar, R. C. (1977). Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 129–130, 231. ISBN 9788120804364.
  2. Gupta, Parmanand (1989). Geography from Ancient Indian Coins & Seals. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 20, 63. ISBN 9788170222484.
  3. Jugal Kishore Gupta, 1991, History of Sirsa Town, page. 38-48.
  • Dr Karni Singh (1947): The Relations of House of Bikaner with Central Power, Munsi Ram Manohar Lal Pub. Pvt, 54 Rani Jhansi Road, New Delhi.
  • Dasgupta, K.K. A Tribal History of Ancient India: A Numismatic Approach, Calcutta, 1974.
  • Lahiri, Bela Indigenous States of Northern India (Circa 200 BC - 320 AD), University of Calcutta, 1974.
  • Vedic and Aryan India by H. S Bhatia
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