[1] A sub-group of the Punjabi Hindu community, Mohyal caste comprises seven clans named Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt, Lau, Mohan and Vaid.
[3] Prior to the Partition of India, Mohyal Brahmins lived primarily in the western Punjab, including present-day Hazara division and the Pir Panjal regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Jammu and Kashmir respectively.
Guru Nanak, continuing in the tradition of Bhakti Saints, revitalised Sanatan ('Hindu') wisdom in order to make to accessible for the common people of late Medieval India.
[7][page needed] As a part of this transformation, many Punjabi Hindus, including the Mohyals, revered and followed Guru Nanak.
[1][page needed][8][page needed] Some notable Mohyals include the brothers Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das, both died alongside the ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, for protecting Hinduism from Aurangeb extremist policy.