Historical Study on Jadon clan of Bhati Rajputs of Jaisalmer ---
The historical study on Jadon clan of Bhati Rajput of Jaisalmer --- The chiefs of Jaisalmer belong to the Chandravanshi or Lunar race of Kshatriya’s of which Budha was the founder at a very remote period of the World’s history , and which subsequently expanded into fifty –six branches and became famous throughout India .The chronicles mention Prayag ( the modern Allahabad ) as the cradle of this race , and Muthara as the capital of many years . The clan to which the Jaisalmer family belongs is called Jadon after Yadu /Yadava or Jadu , who is said to have been the fourth in descent from Budha ,and one of whose successor was the deified hero Shri Krishna , who ruled at Dwaraka .It is said that after the death of Lord Shri Krishna , when the power of Yadavas declined at Dwaraka , some Yadava families proceeding beyond Indus and settled there .One of their descendants , Gaj or Gajpat , built a fort called Gajni or Gajnipur ( identified by Tod as the Ghazni of Afghanistan b...