Sankhoo, Rajgarh

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Sankhoo is a town of historical importance located in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. It is situated in Rajgarh tehsil in Churu district. As of 2001 census the population of village is 6350 out of them 1018 are SC and 122 are ST people.

Punia rule

According to James Tod as mentioned in his book "Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829)" the Jangladesh region was inhabited by Jats or Jits, who had for ages been established in these arid abodes. At every stage of invasion to India the invaders had to encounter with the Jats of this region. At what period the Jats established themselves in the Indian desert is not known. By the 4th century they had spread upto Punjab in India.

Nearly the whole of the territory forming the boundaries of Bikaner was possessed by the six Jat cantons namely:—

1. Poonia, 2, Godara, 3. Saran 4. Asiagh 5. Beniwal 6. Johiya, or Joweya

Each canton bore the name of the community, and was subdivided into districts. Number of villages in each canton and Districts included in them were as under :

Poonia : Villages - 300 Districts : Bhadra, Ajitpura, Sidhmukh, Rajgarh, Dadrewa, Sankhoo, etc. ^[1]

External link

• Delimitation Commission Report
• Villages in the Rajgarh tehsil, Churu district, Rajasthan

References

1. ↑ James Tod: "Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829)"

• Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998
• Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihasa (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 2nd edition 1992.

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