MOHIYAL BRAHMINS : THE ANCIENT RULERS OF PUNJAB & AFGHANISTAN
Mohyals - the Militant Brahmins of Punjab There is a saying that if you are to trace the house of the Mohyal in a Punjab village look for the crows sitting on the edge of the roof. lf you find a flight, just go ahead of the house it is likely to be of Mohyals. Traditionally the Mohyals have been known as the meat eaters or Jatt Brahmans of Punjab. They have a very very noble heritage behind them. They were the sovereigns of the Punjab before the advent of Muslims emperors. There are some who believe that even Porus who faced Alexander the great was a Mohyal. They are known as Brahmins but they never took to ritualism of Brahminism neither did they accepted alms or Puja daan. Like his earlier famous articles on Khatris and Jatts of Punjab, it is B.S.Goraya again who turns the pages of history and links them to date in his avowed series on the castes and tribes of the Punjab. Bhai Mati Das was sawed in two pieces in 1675 A.D. while his other companion Sati Das was boiled alive a