Gahoi Explained

Gahoi is a merchant Vaishya-Baniya community in central India.^{[1] [2]}

Gahois are divided into 12 gotras, each gotra is divided into six alls.^[3] They have traditionally interdined with the Parwar Jain community of Bundelkhand.^[4]

The "Grahapati" family mentioned in the Grahapati Kokkala inscription is believed to be from the same community that is now known as Gahoi.^[5] This inscription at Khajuraho, dated Vikram Samvat 1056, Kartika (1000–1001 AD), is the earliest known reference to the Grahapati family.^[6] Unlike all other Chandella-era Grahapati inscriptions which are Jain, this refers to a Shiva temple,^[7] although Verse 3 suggests that the builder also worshipped Jinas. An inscription is of Vikram samvat 1011 mentioning Pahilla, regarded to have been a Grahapati, who built a Jain temple during the reign of Dhanga at Khajuraho. This temple is among those that still exist at Khajuraho.^{[8] [9] [10]}

A bronze Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Shantinatha, and Vasupujiya is preserved in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.^[11] It was installed by Sadhu Sandhan, son of Kuntha, of Grahapati family in Vikram 1121 (1178 AD).^[12]

Notable people

• Maithili Sharan Gupt,^[13] a Hindi poet
• Ashutosh Rana,^[14] Bollywood Actor

See also

• Beejamandal
• Golapurva

Notes and References

1. http://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-CHHT-MAT-latest-chhatarpur-news-022005-3896437-NOR.html गहोई समाज ने मनाया होली मिलन समारोह, Bhaskar News Network, Mar 30, 2016
2. http://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/jalaun/Jalaun-139202-39 अखिल भारतीय गहोई वैश्य महासभा के शताब्दी समारोह में समाज के मेधावी छात्र-छात्राओं को सम्मानित किया गया, Amar Ujala, 26 जून 2013
3. Vasudevasharan Agraval, "Sahitya sadan ki yatra", in Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Granth, Ed. Agravaal Vaasudevasharana, 1959, Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Committee Calcutta, p. 78.
4. Siddhantacharya Phulachandra Shastri, Parwar Jain Samaj ka Itihas, 1990, Jabalpur, pp. 175-188
5. Book: Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri . Indian History Congress . A Comprehensive History of India . 1959 . Orient Longmans . 978-81-7304-561-5. en.
6. Svasti Śrī: Dr. B.Ch. Chhabra felicitation volume, K. V. Ramesh, Agam Prasad, S. P. Tewari, p. 139
7. Lalit kalā, Issue 10, Lalit Kala Akademi,1961, p. 64
8. Kasturchand Jain Suman, Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh aur Tirth Parichay, Madhya-Pradesh: 13 vi shati tak, Delhi, 2001, p. 14-17
9. H.V. Trivedi, "Inscriptions of the Paramaras, Chandellas, Kachchhapaghatas and two minor Dynasties", part 2 of the 3-part Vol III of Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, 1974 (published in 1991).
10. Inscriptions of the Chandellas of Jejakbhukti,Ed. H.V. Trivedi, 1989, p. 456.
11. https://collections.lacma.org/node/241195 Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Shantinatha, and Vasupujiya, dated 1121
12. https://books.google.com/books?id=-fvKVDxcJoUC&q=grahapati&pg=PA312 Indian Sculpture: 700-1800, Volume 2 of Indian Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection, Pratapaditya Pal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, University of California Press, 1988 p. 306
13. Risi Jaimini Kaushik Barua, "Kankane Vansh ki Vrtiddhi, "Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Granth, Ed. Agravaal Vaasudevasharana, 1959, Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Committee Calcutta, p. 138.
14. http://gahoimumbai.com/entertainment/celebrity-information-about-actor-ashutosh-rana-ji-and-his-biography-filmography-and-awards/