BHATYAL RAJPUTS IN THE PAST

jamwal is a bhatyal  It has been mentioned in the Rajgaan-e-Jamwal that Raja Puran Karan of Jammu had two sons namely Dya Karan and Dharma Karan. As mentioned in the Tarikh-e-Kashmir “ Rajtarangni” they happened to exist in 24^th year of ‘Kalyug’ (4978    years had passed now). There was an era of disturbance and fighting between different castes among the ‘Sardars’ (clan heads) in villages in the Kashmir region when Maharaja Puran Karan happened to be the King of Jammu region. The people had a very tough time and were slaved for work in their farmlands by those ‘Sardars’. No remuneration was paid to the poor public for their hard work. Only two times meals were served in lieu of work. The people compelled by such pitable circumstances reached in Maharaja’s Durbar at Jammu and desired his interference to save the poor public in Kashmir from exploitation by such ‘Sardars’. After hearing their plight Maharaja felt a lot and sent his eldest son Raja Dya Karan along with a heavy contingent of best army fighters to control the situation. After the operation defeat by Raja Dya Karan the public in Kashmir heaved a sigh of relief from innumerable troubles at the hands of ‘Sardars’. The Raja’s army crushed them heavily. Raja Dya Karan feeling the hospitability of the local public as well the scenic beauty of Kashmir thought of making the Rainawari in Srinagar city as his capital and he did so. Thus started an era of peace and progress for his public. The younger son of Maharaja Puran Karan viz., Raja Dharnm Karan became the king of Jammu region. From this they had their different Rajput clans in Kashmir and Jammu onwards although rooting from the Jamwal clan. At that time Kashnir State was very vast which spread upto Chitral, Gilgit, Skurdu and up to Koh Hindukush. To trace the Shajra let us find the roots of Maharaja  Dya Karan…….. it goes that Maharaja Kush’s 30^th descedant was Birhadbal who was killed by Abhimanyu(son of Arjun) in Mahabharat. Now 30th descendant Birhadbal Maharaja Sometra ruled the country. Maharaja Dya Karan was 99^th descendant of Mahara Sometar