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The Gautam is a Rajput clan found primarily in north region of Indian subcontinent. [1] The members of this clan claim to be descended from one Siringhirikh and his Gaharwar wife. [ 2 ] The erstwhile head of Gautam Rajputs had also claimed himself to be descendant of the Shakyas [ 3 ] thus possibly giving an alternate origin for this clan.
List of notable Rajputs during the pre-British era, ordered chronologically by reign. Bappa Rawal, one of the first major rulers of the Kingdom of Mewar, credited for rebelling the Arab invasion of India. [5] Anangpal Tomar, ruler of the Tomar dynasty of Delhi [6] Mularaja, founder of the Chaulukya dynasty [7] [page needed]
The name Gautam (Sanskrit: गौतम, a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama and also transliterated as Gautama or Gauthama) is one of the ancient Indian names and is derived from the Sanskrit roots गः gaḥ and तम tama.
Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
A gotra is equivalent to a lineage, akin to a family name, but the given name of a family is often different from its gotra, and may reflect the traditional occupation, place of residence or other important family characteristic rather than the lineage.
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A list of the Audichya Sashtra Brahmin community's Gotras and Pravaras, written in the Gujrati script. The seven major Brahmin Gotras take the names of the saints whose lineages they represent: Shandilya, Upreti, Jamadagni, Gautama, Atri, Vasishta and Kashyapa. [ 18 ]