Maderna
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Maderna (मदेरणा) Madrak (मद्रक) Madraka (मद्रक) Madra (मद्र) Madrayana (मद्रेणा) Madhan (मधान) Mad (मद्) Madh (मध) is an ancient gotra of Jats and is the root of many of the Jat gotras. There were two groups of Madras inhabiting Punjab. Their capital was at Madrapur (मद्रपुर). Maderna is derived from Madra.[1]
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History
Bhim Singh Dahiya writes that they are frequently mentioned in the epics and the Puranas. Their king , Salya, fought in the war. Madri, mother of Nakula and Sahadeva was a Madra Princess . Sabha Parva Shows that “ Jatasura Madra Kanam” (i.e. Asra and Madra Jats) brought presents for the Pandavas, who were their relations. They are also called Mad or Madh (Madhan) as well as Maderna nowadays. In Kurukshetra alone, they have twelve village . [2] Many Madhan Jats are now Muslims also. They are recorded in the Bible as Madai. [3] In Prakrit, the name Madra, becomes Madda. Their deity at Sakala, is called Kharaposta, which is and Iranian form. They ate pork beef, drank rum with milk, (136-MBT,VII,44,28,36) Their strange dress, banners, arms and chariots are also noted. [4] They came from the Iranian side. [5]
Sabha Parva in Sanskrit, shloka 13 writes as follows about Madra king Salya:
According to historian Ram Swarup JoonRam Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967), The Naga dynasty belonged to Madrak Jat gotra of Yadav Vansh and was devotees of Shiva. Presently Jats of this clan are known as Maderna in Marwar region of Rajasthan. According to various historians Sialkot, Quetta and Ghazni were the capitals of the Madrakas since ancient times. King Shalya, the maternal uncle of the Kauravas was from the Madrak gotra. Colonel James Tod found a rock inscription during the excavations of Shakla Nagri (Modern Sialkot), which he sent to the Asiatic society. In this inscription King Shalya has been called a Madrak Jat. Alexander's army had a fierce battle with the forces of the Madrakas at Sialkot.
In Mahabharata (Karna Parva) King Shalya has been called Jatit.
According to "Neel Purana", Madrak country began after crossing the river Bias, Satyabhama (Satluj) and the river Devika flowed through it.
In ancient India the country between the rivers Ravi and Chenab was called Madrak.
According to Alberuni and Ptolemy Sialkot and Shakilnagri are one and the same.
People belonging to Bhati gotra associate themselves with both Ghazni and Sialkot and for this reason the Bhatti gotra is accepted as a branch of Madrak.
Distribution in Rajasthan
Maderna Khap has 5 villages in Bharatpur district. [6]
Locations in Jaipur city
C-Scheme, Banipark,
Villages in Jodhpur district
Chadi, Jodhpur, Khinchan, Falaudi
Notable persons of this gotra
Reference
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 275
- ↑ Fragments, XLVI, 7
- ↑ Genesis, X,2
- ↑ ibid, IV, 8 , 3-4
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi, p. 265-266
- ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991
See also
- Madrak - For the clan history of Parasram Maderna
- Political families of Rajasthan
- Mahipal Maderna
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