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Gahois are divided into 12 [[gotra]]s, each gotra is divided into six ''all''s.<ref>Vasudevasharan Agraval, "Sahitya sadan ki yatra", in Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Granth, Ed. Agravaal Vaasudevasharana, 1959, Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Committee Calcutta, p. 78.</ref> They have traditionally interdined with the [[Parwar (Jain)|Parwar]] [[Jain]] community of Bundelkhand.<ref>[Siddhantacharya Phulachandra Shastri, Parwar Jain Samaj ka Itihas, 1990, Jabalpur, pp. 175-188 ]</ref> | Gahois are divided into 12 [[gotra]]s, each gotra is divided into six ''all''s.<ref>Vasudevasharan Agraval, "Sahitya sadan ki yatra", in Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Granth, Ed. Agravaal Vaasudevasharana, 1959, Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Committee Calcutta, p. 78.</ref> They have traditionally interdined with the [[Parwar (Jain)|Parwar]] [[Jain]] community of Bundelkhand.<ref>[Siddhantacharya Phulachandra Shastri, Parwar Jain Samaj ka Itihas, 1990, Jabalpur, pp. 175-188 ]</ref> | ||
The "Grahapati" family mentioned in the [[Grahapati Kokkala inscription]] is believed to be from the same community that is now known as Gahoi.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri |author2=Indian History Congress |title=A Comprehensive History of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEwwAQAAIAAJ |date=1959 |publisher=Orient Longmans |isbn=978-81-7304-561-5}}</ref> This inscription at Khajuraho, dated Vikram Samvat 1056, Kartika (1000–1001 AD), is the earliest known reference to the Grahapati family.<ref>Svasti Śrī: Dr. B.Ch. Chhabra felicitation volume, K. V. Ramesh, Agam Prasad, S. P. Tewari, p. 139</ref> Unlike all other [[Chandella]]-era [[Grahapati]] inscriptions which are Jain, this refers to a Shiva temple,<ref>Lalit kalā, Issue 10, Lalit Kala Akademi,1961, p. 64</ref> 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 [[Jain temples of Khajuraho|still exist]] at Khajuraho.<ref>Kasturchand Jain Suman, Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh aur Tirth Parichay, Madhya-Pradesh: 13 vi shati tak, Delhi, 2001, p. 14-17</ref><ref>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).</ref><ref>[Inscriptions of the Chandellas of Jejakbhukti,Ed. H.V. Trivedi, 1989, p. 456.]</ref> | The "Grahapati" family mentioned in the [[Grahapati Kokkala inscription]] is believed to be from the same community that is now known as Gahoi.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri |author2=Indian History Congress |title=A Comprehensive History of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEwwAQAAIAAJ |date=1959 |publisher=Orient Longmans |isbn=978-81-7304-561-5|language=en}}</ref> This inscription at Khajuraho, dated Vikram Samvat 1056, Kartika (1000–1001 AD), is the earliest known reference to the Grahapati family.<ref>Svasti Śrī: Dr. B.Ch. Chhabra felicitation volume, K. V. Ramesh, Agam Prasad, S. P. Tewari, p. 139</ref> Unlike all other [[Chandella]]-era [[Grahapati]] inscriptions which are Jain, this refers to a Shiva temple,<ref>Lalit kalā, Issue 10, Lalit Kala Akademi,1961, p. 64</ref> 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 [[Jain temples of Khajuraho|still exist]] at Khajuraho.<ref>Kasturchand Jain Suman, Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh aur Tirth Parichay, Madhya-Pradesh: 13 vi shati tak, Delhi, 2001, p. 14-17</ref><ref>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).</ref><ref>[Inscriptions of the Chandellas of Jejakbhukti,Ed. H.V. Trivedi, 1989, p. 456.]</ref> | ||
A bronze Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Shantinatha, and Vasupujiya is preserved in the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]].<ref>[https://collections.lacma.org/node/241195 Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Shantinatha, and Vasupujiya, dated 1121]</ref> It was installed by Sadhu Sandhan, son of Kuntha, of Grahapati family in Vikram 1121 (1178 AD).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-fvKVDxcJoUC | A bronze Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Shantinatha, and Vasupujiya is preserved in the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]].<ref>[https://collections.lacma.org/node/241195 Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Shantinatha, and Vasupujiya, dated 1121]</ref> It was installed by Sadhu Sandhan, son of Kuntha, of Grahapati family in Vikram 1121 (1178 AD).<ref>[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]</ref> | ||
==Notable people== | ==Notable people== | ||
* [[Maithili Sharan Gupt]]<ref>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.</ref> Hindi poet | * [[Maithili Sharan Gupt]]<ref>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.</ref>- a Hindi poet | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||