Budhwar

Budhwars are descendants of King Budha (बुधा), the direct progenitor of the Chandravansh.[5][6]

Bodha (बोध) is mentioned by Pāṇini in Ashtadhyayi under Shandikadi (शंडिकादि) (4.3.92) group.[7]

Bodha (बोध) is mentioned by Pāṇini in Ashtadhyayi.[8]

V. S. Agrawala[8] writes that Ashtadhyayi of Pāṇini mentions janapada Bodha (बोधा) - The Bodha also occur in the list of Bhishmaparva (10.37-38) in the same group as Kulingas, Sālvas and Mādreyas. Shalva country had a special breed of bulls known as s Sālvaka.

Ram Swarup Joon[4] writes about Budhwar: It cannot be said definitely as to why they are called Budhwars. They claim to be Chandravanshi. The Budhwar gotra is found among the Marathas and Khatris also. Among the Jats there is a gotra called Budhotiya.

Budhwar kings are mentioned to have offered presents in the Rajsuya Yagya ceremony of the Pandavas. The descendants of the Budhwar gotra in the western Punjab are called Satroya, Badhan Chatra, Siyan, Gawaya, Goch and Mudyal.

Budhwar and Badhwar are the two names of the same gotras, People mistake Badhwars as Bhatodia, but they are Budhwars, mainly found in Sunari Kalan of Rohtak on the banks of Yamuna and frequently troubled by floods.[9]

According to Bhim Singh Dahiya,[10] they are the Buddi of Babylonian inscription, the Budii of Herodotus, the Putiya of Persian and the Phut of scriptures.[11] They are mentioned in the Vayu Purana and Brahmanda Purana as well as by Patanjali.[12] They are the Bodhi of Sindh/Baluchistan of the 7/8th century AD. The present Budhwar Jats are their representative. Mahabharata's Sabha Parva[13] and Bhisma Parva[14] also mention them.

The Naga dynasty had its hold in the present Gwalior - Bhopal divisions of Madhya Pradesh from about beginning of third to the middle of fourth century AD. Their centres were at Padmavati (Pawaiya near Gwalior) and Kantipuri (Kutwār district Morena). Several thousand copper coins have been discovered at these sites and other sites. The successors of Satvahanas in the Tripuri region were Bodhis. Names of five Bodhi rulers are known from the recent excavations at Tripuri.[15]

Maharaja Budh was son of Maharaja Chandra. Chandravansh in Hindus started after Maharaja Chandra. Budhwars are descendent of Maharaja Budh.[9]

Bodha (बोध) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.13.25), (VI.10.38)

Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 13 mentions the tribes who fled out of fear of Jarasandha. Bodha (बोध) is mentioned in Mahabharata verse (II.13.25).[16]...And, O exalted one, the eighteen tribes of the Bhojas, from fear of Jarasandha, have all fled towards the west; so also have the Surasenas, the Bhadrakas, the Vodhas, the Salwas, the Patachcharas, the Susthalas, the Mukuttas, and the Kulindas, along with the Kuntis.

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 10 describes the geography and provinces of Bharatavarsha. Bodha (बोध) is mentioned in Mahabharata verse (VI.10.38).[17]...the Shurasena, the Kalingas, the Bodhas, the Mokas, the Matsyas, Sukatyas, the Saubalyas, the Kuntalas, the Kashi-Koshalas, ....

Budhwar is one of six Mede Manda tribes described by Herodotus as Buddi. Herodotus, i. 101, lists the names of six Mede (Manda) tribes: Thus Deioces collected the Medes (Manda) into a nation, and ruled over them alone. Now these are the tribes of which they consist: the Busae, the Paretaceni, the Struchates, the Arizanti (Aryan Jats), the Budii (Budhwar), and the Magi (Manju).

Here in the above description Jat gotras have been given in the bracket which may be matched with those given by Herodotus. It may be a matter of further research if Budila gotra of Jats is related with Buddi of Herodotus. Some historical facts do suggest that Budhwar Jats may had about one or two small kingdoms in Babilon and Persia.

Bhim Singh Dahiya[18] writes that the in the period from ninth century B.C. to the fourth century B.C., roughly the time between the Manda and Van empires and Alexander's invasion, we find numerous tribes of the Jats finding a name in the history of Herodotus and others. Among the tribes of the Medians, we find:

• Busae (the present Bassi)
• the Budii, (the present Bodhi or Budhwar),
• the Phut of the scriptures;
• the Magi (the famous Magian priests).
• The Sagartians may be compared with the Sagarvars;
• the Alarodians may be compared with the Alarod or Aroda of today;
• the Sapiri may be compared with the Sapra of today;
• the Hyrcanias may be compared with the Varkans or Virks of today;
• the Paeonia may be compare with the Paunia/Punia of today;
• the Sarangians may be compare with the Saran of today;
• the Utians with the Utars of today or the Utiya of the Persians.

The ruling people are called Arizanti or Arizatoi. The word Ari is a form of Arya and Zanti/Zatoi are of course the Jats, the Djati of ancient Egypt and the Guti of Sumer and China.

Bhopal, Jabalpur