Bath

Bath, Baat, Bati is a Jat Gotra found in Punjab, India and Lahore district in Pakistan. It is a branch of Yaudheya gotra identified as Johiya Rajputs of Vedic Era residing at Johiyabar region of Bahawalpur. This Jat clan found in Multan is also a sect of Kashmiri Pandits, who converted to Islam and are found in the northwest sub mountain Districts of the Punjab. Both sharing the Same Origin i.e. Nagavansha.

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 can be found among Jat gotras. These are Malhia, Mylaw, Sindhar, Gandhar, 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).

Ram Sarup Joon also writes that Thaka, Janjoha and Bath gotras are branches of Yaudheya/ (Johiya) Rajput gotra. According to the Mahabharata Yodhya Kings gave presents on the coronation ceremony of Yudhisthira. Arrian, the historian of Alexander the Great, also refers to them as Yodha ruling dynasty.

The Bath are also found as a Hindu and Muhammadan Jat clans in Montgomery District of Pakistan.