Majhail

Majhails (Punjabi: مجھیل (Shahmukhi), ਮਝੈਲ (Gurmukhi)) are the natives of the Majha region of Punjab who speak the Majhi dialect of Punjabi. The Majha region is also sometimes called the "Sword Arm of the Country", due to its disproportionate contribution to the Officer as well as Orderly ranks of both Indian and Pakistani armies.^{[citation needed]} The Sikh Empire was also founded in the Majha region, and so the region is also sometimes referred to as "the cradle of the brave Sikhs".

Origin

The Majhail people are the descendants of "Kathians" who were known for their highest reputation for courage, skill and honour in the art of war and whose legend goes back to the time of Pauravas in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE.^{[1][better source needed]} The "Kathians" or "Cathaeans" or "Kath" Jats and their capital was a city of Sankala/Sangala during Mahabharata period which is currently known as Sialkot.

"Before Alexander's raid in India, Majhails inflicted a defeat on the valiant Paurava, and who, though hopelessly outnumbered by the Greeks, fought Alexander the Great by the sakata-vyuha, or 'waggon-formation,' which the Greek phalanx could not pierce, and who refused to submit formally. The Greek writers call them "Kathians" and describe them as a nation, residing to the east of Hydraotes or the Ravi river, the present districts of Lahore and Amritsar of the West Pakistan and Indian Punjab, respectively. The Kathians themselves enjoyed the highest reputation for courage and skill in the art of war."^[1]