Koak

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Koak or Kok (कोक) gotra Jats are found in Sikar, Jaipur districts of Rajasthan. Kok Jat Gotra may be identified with one of The Mahabharata Tribes - Kokanada (कोकनद).

History

Mahabharata Shalya Parva mentions names of combatants armed with diverse weapons and clad in diverse kinds of robes and ornaments, All of them came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Shalya Parva in Sanskrit mentions in shloka 55 along with Puniyas, Nadals, Mallis as under:

पुण्यनामा सुनामा च सुवक्त्रः परियदर्शनः

परिश्रुतः कॊक नदः परिय माल्यानुलेपनः || 55 ||

Mahabharata Bhisma Parva in Sanskrit mentions about Kok River in shloka 33 as under:

मन्दाकिनीं वैतरणीं कॊकां चैव महानदीम

शुक्तिमतीम अरण्यां च पुष्पवेण्य उत्पलावतीम || 33 ||

One ruler has been mentioned by the name Kok in the ancestry of Kans and Devki as descendant of Tak. (see - History of the Jats/Chapter II by RS Joon)

Kok finds mention as a town on Syr Darya river. Along its course, the Syr Darya irrigates the most fertile cotton-growing region in the whole of Central Asia, together with the towns of Kokand (Kok, Kookana Jat clans), Khujand (Khoja Jat clan), Kyzylorda and Turkestan.

Locations in Jaipur city

Kok (कोक) Jats live in following colonies: Ganpati Nagar,

Villages in Jaipur district

Kok (कोक) Jats live in villages: Lopodiya (1),

Villages in Sikar district

Rulyani,

Notable persons from this clan

• Jaisingh Kok - Founder of Haryana Association U K. Born on 26-11-1934 at village Sehar (Paju) district Bhiwani, Died on 4 May 1988. ^[1]

References

1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, Section 9 pp.78

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