Kok
Kok (कोक) (Koak) gotra Jats are found in Rajasthan and Haryana. Koko (कोको)/Kok clan found in Afghanistan. [1] Kuk (कुक) is a muhin or sept of the Gil Jat, Found in strength in Hoshiarpur where the sept have a baiya or group of originally 22 villages. [2]
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Origin
- Kok Jat Gotra may be associated with one of The Mahabharata Tribes - Kokanada (कोकनद).
In epics
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, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 mentions in shloka 55 along with Puniyas, Nadals, Mallis as under:
- पुण्यनामा सुनामा च सुवक्त्रः परियदर्शनः
- परिश्रुतः कॊक नदः परिय माल्यानुलेपनः (Mahabharata:IX.44.55)
Mahabharata Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 10 mentions about Kok River in shloka 33 as under:
- मन्दाकिनीं वैतरणीं कॊकां चैव महानदीम
- शुक्तिमतीम अरण्यां च पुष्पवेण्य उत्पलावतीम (Mahabharata:IX.44.33)
- शवेतवक्त्रः सुवक्त्रश च चारु वक्त्रश च पाण्डुरः
- दण्डबाहुः सुबाहुश च रजः कॊकिलकस तदा Mahabharata:IX.44.68)
History
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. H.A. Rose writes that Kok (कोक) is a small clan of Jats found in Bawal (Nabha) Jind. It derives its name from its first home, Kokas in the Mandawar tahsil of Alwar. The Koks ordinarily worship the goddess Bhairon, and perform the first tonsure of their children at Durga's shrine in the Dahmi ilaqa of Alwar. Cf. Kuk. [4]
Distribution in Punjab
Kuk/Kok Jats are found in Hoshiarpur, Nabha areas in Punjab. [5],[6]
Distribution in Haryana
Kok clan is found Gurgaon district of Haryana.
Distribution in Rajasthan
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, Koka Ki Dhani, Kirdoli, Posani
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. [7]
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.28,83,137
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.560
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.553
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.553
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), Book by Bhim Singh Dahiya, IRS, First Edition 1980, Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd, AB/9 Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi-110064, p. 334
- ↑ A.C. Rose:'Tribes and Castes', Vol. II, p. 560
- ↑ 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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