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GAGAT
Gagat is a gotra (clan) of India. Gagat (गागत) is a gotra of the Jats. The variations of the name include Gagat, Gaat (गात) ,Gagas (गगस),Gaggan (गगान) & Gaglan (गगलान).It is associated with the Rajput community, and members of this clan once ruled princely states in Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mentioned it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. Gagat is also a gotra of non-Rajput castes such as the Mali and Jat. (also spelled Jatt and Jaat).

History
Ram Swarup Joon writes In the Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 48, while describing various Kings who attended a ceremony in the Durbar (court) of Maharaja Yudhisthira, seventeen names are mentioned which are today found as Jat gotras. These are Malhia, Mylaw, Sindhar, Gandhar(Gagat), Mahity, Mahe, Savi, Bath, Dharan, Virk, Dard, Shaly, Matash, Kukar (Khokar) Kak, Takshak, Sand, Bahik (Bathi) Bije (Bijenia), Andhra, Sorashtra (Rathi) Mann, Ar, Sohat, Kukat, Othiwal (Othval).

Bhim Singh Dahiya writes.... It is important to note that deliberate and systematic efforts were made to assimilate the Jats into Brahmanical fold on their arrival in India as conquerors. The famous Vrata Stomas were specifically prescribed for Indianisation of the foreigner Sakas. As mentioned by Agarwala these Stomas were very easy to perform and seem to be a mere formality, so that the foreigners who became overlords of the country may be Hinduised under priestly power. A further process in the same direction was taken by deliberate.

Bhim Singh Dahiya provides us list of Jat clans who were supporters of the Saroya when they gained political ascendancy. The Gagat clan supported the ascendant clan Saroya and became part of a political confederacy.