Gujjar Personalities

Raiz Gujjar of Gowalmandi, Lahore. The second big name of Gujjars after Jaga Gujjar.  Riaz name is as this name is made for Gujjar and sounds Riaz Gujjar as made for each other. Riaz Gujjar was always called Pehalwan by others. He was respected by all communitties and their heads and no body never challenged his decisions. Evey one respect his decisions. Ibrahim alias Eba Gujjar is also famous in Lahore now a days but still there is no other name of his status after his death. A film was also made on his name "Riaz Gujjar".  Riaz Gujjar name is also very much liked by Gujjars as Hamayun Gujjar. Many Gujjar babies named Riaz Gujjar (as now a days Hamayun Gujjar) by their parents after the name of Hamayun Gujjar. Actually, Gujjars still prefers bravery on any thing else and that is their style to appreciate bravery and as every one knows only Brave people appreciate bravery and Gujjar bravery is above of all. In Lahore there is no other name of his status after his death....

Kaniska, also spelled Kanishka, Chinese Chia-ni-se-chia (flourished 1st century ce), greatest king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and possibly areas of Central Asia north of the Kashmir region. He is, however, chiefly remembered as a great patron of Buddhism. Through inheritance and conquest, Kaniska’s kingdom covered an area extending from Bukhara (now in Uzbekistan) in the west to Patna in the Ganges (Ganga) River valley in the east and from the Pamirs (now in Tajikistan) in the north to central India in the south. His capital probably was Purusapura (Peshawar, now in Pakistan). He may have crossed the Pamirs and subjugated the kings of the city-states of Khotan (Hotan), Kashgar, and Yarkand (now in the Xinjiang region of China), who had previously been tributaries of the Han emperors of China. His conquests and patronage of Buddhism played an important role in the development of the Silk Road, and the transmissio...