KARTVELIANS IN INDIA

The hige amount of Indian toponyms found in Kartvelian surnames makes us look for the traces of Kartvelian people in India. The search didn't last long. The two keywords are Gurjars and Gujarat.

Gurjars are an Indian nation inhabiting North-Western parts of India (Rajastan, first of all). And they indeed are Georgians. First, remember that Turks call Georgia 'Gurjistan'. The root concides completely, while -ar is the Svan suffix of 'place of...'. And second, here is what an article in Wikipedia says about Gurjars:
"...Some others claim that the Gurjar caste is related to the Chechens and the Georgians, and argue that Georgia was traditionally called "Gujaristan" (actually Gorjestan). However, there is little evidence for such claims. The word 'Georgia' derived from the Arabic and Persian word Gurj, and not Gojar or Gurjar...".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurjar

Note the clumsy phrase 'there is little evidence for such claims'. As we see in the previous entries, the name of every second Indian village is such an evidence.

The name of another Indian state - Gujarat - contains even more Kartvelian morphemes. It's the root Gu(r)j, with which the Turks identify Georgians, it's Svan suffix -ar meaning 'place of...', and it's Laz suffix -at meaning 'place of...' too. The list of Gujarat toponyms found in Kartvelian surnames as roots, is quite big as well: Bagara, Babra, Bakhira, Chotila, Talala, Una, Lilia, Lati, Dari, Vadia, Dasa, Dudala, Dasada, Paneli, Muli, Chuda, Dima, Varakhi, Unza, Bavla, Mansa, Heda, Godra, Savli, Devla, Kaprada, Chakra, Surati, Kvanti, Kadana.