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Bhumla, [1] [2] [3] [4] (occasionally spelled), as Bumla or Bhoomla [5] [6] is a Punjabi and Haryanvi speaking clan found among the Hindu and Muslim Gurjars. [7]
This Gujjar clan is found in Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Hazara [3] and Islamabad regions of Pakistan. In India they are mostly found in Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, [4] Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, [7] [3] Haryana [1] and Delhi.
Gujjar is a martial community which struggled for the preservation of their freedom for centuries. Gujar or Gurjar gotras are numerous in Karnal. A few of them in general are listed below : - 1. Cheehi 2. Poswal 3. Bhadana 4. Chhokar 5. Bhumla 6. Bhatti 7. Meelu 8. Gighar 9. Kepar 10. Chauhan 11. Chaudhry 12. Kataria 13. Pratiharas 14.Parmars 15.Chalukas (Chaluk).
Gujjars have 19 gots : Tunwar , Chokhar , Rawal , Kalsan , Kathana , Kasanah , Kalas , Gorsi , Chechi , Dhedar , Poswal , Lawi , Bijar , Khaindar , Melu , Thakaria , Chauhan , Monan , Bhumla.
Gujars speak Gujari, considered to be a dialect of Rajasthani, an Indic language (of the Indo-Iranian sector of the Indo-European family) similar to most languages of northern India. Their gots (clans) are 'Bhumbla, Chauhan, Chandela, Lodhe, Katarya , Poswal , Kasave , Rawal and Tomar.
The system of land division prompted the emergence of hamlet settlements. Village paharput was settled by three Gujjar clans namely, Bhoomla, Kallas, and Khatana who came from different villages.