Bersal

The Bersal also called as Barai or Barisal or bariwar or Barsala or Barsar or Badsar is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan, and were Rajas of Kashmir and KangraThey are from the lineage of MahaRaja Barsu/Barsal Dev Jamwal Dogra Suryavanshi Rajput of Kashmir from the descendant of MahaRaja Daya Karan Jamwal Suryavanshi Grandson of MahaRaja Jambulochan Suryavanshi. They have migrated to other states and are called by names Barai and Lohana as well. The Hindu branch provided the Maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir. ^[1]

Name variation

This goth of Rajput has different spelling variation in different regions. In Punjab state it is written as Barsal. In Jammu and Kashmir written as "Barsyal or Barai ". In Uttar Pradesh it is written as Barai. In Rajasthan it is written as Bersal and Barai . In Dehradun, Uttarakhand and in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh it is written as "Barswal".In some other parts of India written as "Barsar" and "Barsuwal"

References

1. The Partition Omnibus, David Page, Anita Inder Singh, Penderel Moon, G. D. Khosla, Mushirul Hasan, Oxford 2002, p 73