Kang

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Kang (कंग)/(कांग) Kangri (कंगरी) is gotra (clan) of Jats found in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and rajasthan in India. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. ^[1] They were inhabitants of Kanyaka forest country, who dwel now in Punjab.^[2]

History

The Mahabharata Tribes mention Kanka (कङ्क) in the tribute list Mahabharata (II.47.26) as wearing horns, a practice among some Iranian tribes of Central Asia. A Jat tribe living between Beas and Sutlej in Punjab is as Kang; claims descent from solar race of Ayodhya. ^[3]

शकास तुखाराः कङ्काश च रॊमशाः शृङ्गिणॊ नराः

महागमान थूरगमान गणितान अर्बुथं हयान (II.47.26)

In Sanskrit works, they are mentioned as Kankas. See Shalya Parva in Sanskrit shloka 69, The Mahabharata Book 9: Shalya Parva, Chapter 44

अचलः कनकाक्षश च बालानाम अयिकः परभुः

संचारकः कॊक नथॊ गृध्रवक्त्रश च जम्बुकः ।। 69 ।।

Mahabharata says that when Yudhishthira performed his rajasuya yajna, these people (Kanka) along with the Sakas and the Tukharas brought to Indraprashtha, their horses as gifts to the Pandava king. (Sanskrit-शकास्तुखारा कंकाश्च रोमशः श्रंगिणों नराः) ^[4]Their origin is Central Asia. R. Sankritayana says that the founders of the canal system in Central Asia were the ancestors of Kangs. ^[4]Visnu Purana and Brahmāṇḍa Purana mention the Kang as ruling over south Maharashtra and Bhoj areas. According to Fleet, they were ruling near Hyderabad and Musa river in south (Deccan).^[5] They are mentioned in the Aban Yasht, where the brave Hunas (Huns?, Sunu?, Son?) of Vaesaka invoke the goddess Ardvisura (Ardoksho of Kusanas ?) at the gate of the lofty fort of Kshathrosaoka of the high and holy Kanga. ^[6] Firdausi places the fort of Kang (Kangdez) at about a month's distance from China. ^[7] Modi also mentions a Khyaona Arejataspa, (perhaps reminding of Ari-Zatoi of the Manda Empire).^[8] The Chinese name of Sogdian -Kang-is so named as the Kang-nu were the rulers there. ^[4]

According to "Mahabharata Sabha Parva" page' 31 to 33 the 'King' ruler attended the coronation of Yudhishtra. They were Buddhists and paid no respect to the Brahmin priests. According to the "Vishnu) Purana" and the "Brahma Purana" the clan of King would one day under go all kinds of sufferings. This gotra is found among the Jats, the Rajputs and the Sikhs. They revolted against the Guptas in or about 350 AD. ^[9]

Distribution in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh

Most of the people of this tribe(Kang) live in north India, mostly in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. It is believed by many local people of Pubjab and people of Jat (Kang) tribe that their Ancestors (Jathere) were based at village Dholi-Moli near Balachor, Just close to the Chandigarh-Jalandhar highway in Punjab about 70 kms from Chandigarh. They also have a place of worship at this village which is only for Kang people. Twice every year they have a ceremony (one at very next day of diwali and one in year when all other people go to their ancestor place) at this village where they even have public lunch and bull races to praise their ancestors.

Kang Jats have population 2,850 in Patiala.^[10] Kang Jats are 6,159 in number in Amritsar district. This clan holds a cluster of villages in the Tarn-Taran area including Kang, Mal Chak and Kalla. ^[11] Kang Jats are 897 in number in Ludhiana district.^[12]

According to B S Dhillon the population of Kang clan in Jalandhar district is 5,400.^[13]

In Hoshiarpur district the Kang population is 1,590. ^[14] In Firozpur district the Kang population is 2,400. ^[15]

Distribution in Rajasthan

Jats of this clan live in Chittorgarh district in Rajasthan.

Kang village

Kang village is in the Jullundur District of Punjab and its main occupants are the Kang Jats. Almost all of the village land is owned by them.^[16]

Notable persons from this clan

• Kurran Kang Sarabha (Kang) - Revolutionary Freedom Fighter

References

1. ↑ Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat viron ka Itihasa
2. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 , p.228
3. ↑ Sandhya Jain:Adideo Arya Devata, A Panoramic view of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Published in 2004 by Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, p.131
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi, p. 34
5. ↑ Journal of Royal Asitic Society, 1905, p. 293
6. ↑ J J Modi, Annals of Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, Commemorative Volume, 1977, p. 70
7. ↑ ibid, p. 69
8. ↑ ibid., p.75
9. ↑ Ram Swarup Joon, History of the Jats
10. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.126
11. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.124
12. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.123
13. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. 127
14. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon.ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. 127
15. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon.ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p. 127
16. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. 106

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