Agre
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'''Agre''' (अग्रे) or '''Aga''' (अगा) or '''Hanga''' (हंगा) is a [[clan]] or [[gotra]] of [[Jat people|Jats]] found in [[Haryana]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]].
==Origin==
The Agra claims descent from [[Hagamasha]], a [[satrap]] of [[Mathura]] appointed by the [[Kushan]] ruler [[Kanishka]]. Hagamasha (also known as Hangamas) belonged to the [[Tushara]] or [[Kaswan]] dynasty and was appointed as the Governor of [[Mathura]]. His descendants came to be called Hanga and had about eighty villages in district of Mathura. Over the years, "Hanga" became 'Aga', and was Sanskritized to 'Agre'. According to the Jat historian [[Bhim Singh Dahiya]], the Hangas were a branch of [[Tocharians]] that came to [[Brij]] area in [[India]] and settled on the fertile banks of [[Yamuna River]].
==Notable persons from this clan==
* [[Sardar Singh Agre]]
==References==
*[[Bhim Singh Dahiya]]: [[Aryan]] [[Tribe]]s and the [[Rig Veda]], Dahinam Publishers, Haryana, India,1991
*[[Bhim Singh Dahiya]]: Jats the Ancient Rulers, Dahinam Publishers
*[[Thakur Deshraj]]: Jat Itihas (Hindi), [[Maharaja Suraj Mal]] Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934.
* Jat Viron Ka Itihas (Hindi): Capt Dalip Singh [[Ahlawat]]
* Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)
* Jat Samaj: Agra, January 1992
{{Gotras of Jats}}
[[Category:Jat clans]]
[[Category:Social groups of India]]
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