Ark

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Ark (अर्क) Arak (अरक) Arakh (अरख) Arkh (अर्ख) gotra Jats get this name from Raja Aruk (अरऊक).^[1]

Bhim Singh Dahiya mentions about Rigvedic tribes - Arksa: (RV Vlll/74/13; X/49/5, Vlll/68/16; Panini IV/1/105). A king is named "Srutarvan Arksa". They are identified with the Arkh clan of the Jats. Cf Arka (Sun).^[2]

Arakha

Arakha or Nebuchadnezzar IV was the self-proclaimed last king of Babylon. In 521 BC, with the disturbances that occurred after the death of Cambyses and the proclamation of Smerdis as King, the Armenians revolted. Darius I of Persia sent an Armenian named Dâdarši to suffocate the revolt, later substituting him for the Persian Vaumisa who defeated the Armenians on May 20, 521 BC. Around the same time, another Armenian by the name of Arakha, son of Haldita, claimed to be the son of the last king of Babylon, Nabonidus, and renamed himself Nebuchadnezzar IV. His rebellion was short lived and was suppressed by Intaphrenes, Darius' bow carrier.^[3]

Reference

1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998
2. ↑ Aryan Tribes and the Rig Veda - by Bhim Singh Dahiya
3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakha

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