text: Ahlawat is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India. It is drived from Illa-Vrta . Illa-Vrta was a province in Jambudvipa, which was situated in Mongolia. Presently it is known as Altai that is degenerated form of Illa-Vrta. Illa-Vrta varsa (Meruvarsa) is the mountainous region around the central point of Meru. It probably includes Pamirs, Badakshan, parts of Kashmir, North-West Frontier region and north-east Afghanistan etc.