Salya
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Salya (सल्य) or Shalya (शल्य) was king of Madras, the modern Madernas. 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 . [1] Many Madhan Jats are now Muslims also. They are recorded in the Bible as Madai. [2] 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. [3] They came from the Iranian side. [4]
Sabha Parva in Sanskrit, shloka 13 writes as follows about Madra king Salya:
Shalya was king of Bahik Jats of Punjab, who used to take one sixth of the income as tax. [5]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 268
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