JHAREJA, a Rajput race in. Gujerat and Cutch, with a branch in Kattyawar, descendants of the Yadu, and claiming from Krishna. In early ages they inhabited the tracts on the Indus and in Sewesthan. But at another place Colonel Tod relates that Samba obtained possession of the tracts on both sides the Indus, and founded the Sind Samma dynasty, from which the Jhareja are descended. There is every probability, be states, that Sambus, of Samba Nagari (Minagara), the opponent of Alexander, was a descendant of Samba, son of Krishna. The Jhareja chronicles, in ignorance of the origin of this titular appel lation, say that their ancestors came from Sham or Syria. The Jhareja dominions extend over a tract of about 180 miles in length and 60 in breadth ; the land is generally poor, indifferently cultivated, and thinly peopled, so much so, that although it con tains an area of upwards of 10,000 square miles, the number of inhabitants is only half a million, one-twentieth part of which is confined within the capital, Bhooj, and another twentieth within the seaport of Mandavi. Except these two places,
there is none which merits the name of city, 'though there are a few towns, as Anjar, Lukput, Moondia, etc., on the coast, which derive import ance from their position. Of this population, the number of the dominant race, the Jhareja, fit to bear arms was estimated at only 12,000; the remainder are Muhammadans and Hindus of all sects and classes. The thakur of Murvi is a ..thareja, and was the first in Colonel Walker's time to abandon infanticide. He had possessions in Cutch. In 1818, Captain M`Murdo estimated the number of Jhareja in Cutch at about 12,000 persons, of whom only about 30 were women. The Jhareja killed their daughters to avoid paying for them heavy marriage portions.