Agarwal community originated from Maharaja Agarsen, the leader of social reformation to uplift the down trodden human beings and a well known personality in the Indian Culture & Civilization. Maharaja Agarsen is regarded as founder of Agarwal community. About 5000 years ago, Vaish King Maharaja Agarsen of a small kingdom established a domain whose principles were socialism, humanity, & non-violence. Prince Agarsen was an icon of non-violence, messenger of peace, an embodiment of Sacrifice, Compassion, Non-Violence, Peace, Prosperity and a True Socialist, and well known for his compassion. As a young prince he attended the swyamvara of the daughter of the King Kumud, Princess Madhavi and Princess Madhavi selected Prince Agarsen for marriage, by putting the garland on him and became his wife. Maharaja Agarsen was a Legendary Indian King of Agroha, a city of traders, from whom the Agarwals trace their origin. He is credited with the establishment of a kingdom of traders in North India, and is known for his compassion in refusing to slaughter animals in yajnas. Legends about Agroha and Agarsena are found among the Agarwals. Maharaja Agarsena was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya king, born during the last stages of Dwapar Yuga in the Mahabharat epic era. He was the eldest son of the King Ballabh of Pratap Nagar. Following are the seventeen and a half gotras of Agarwals: Garg, Bansal, Bindal, Bhandal, Dharan, Airan, Goyal, Goyan-1/2 gotra), Jindal, Kansal, Kuchhal, Madhukul, Mangal, Mittal, Nangal, Singhal, Tayal and Tingle. King Agarsen traveled all over India with his queen to select a place for a new kingdom. At one point during his travels, he found a few tiger cubs and wolfs cubs playing together. To King Agarsena and Queen Madhavi, this was an auspicious indication that the area was land of the brave and they decided to found their new kingdom at that location known as Agroha in Haryana, India. "Agroha", the capital of his regime is today regarded as a holy place by all Agarwals family.