Bastar region in Chhattisgarh and adjoining Koraput district was ruled by different dynasties which include: Nalas (350-760 AD), Chalukya (1324-1777 AD), Nagas (760-1324 AD), Bhonsle (1777-1853 AD) and British (1853-1947 AD). Nalas (350-760) and the Nagas (760-1324) were both Jats and their ruling system was tribal republican.
Chakrakota (चक्रकोट) was a kingdom of Nagavanshi Jats. Chakrakota bas been identified with Chitrakot the central portion of the former Bastar State. [SUP][1][/SUP]
The place Kanker in North Bastar and Kanger River in south Bastar probably get name after Mahabharata tribe named Kanka (कंक). In the list of The Mahabharata Tribes we find mention of Kanka (कङ्क), in the tribute list Mahabharata (II.47.26)[SUP][2][/SUP] , as wearing horns, a practice among some Iranian tribes of Central Asia. Sandhya Jain[SUP][3][/SUP] has identified it with A Jat tribe living between Beas and Sutlej in Punjab as Kang; who claim descent from solar race of Ayodhya.
References:
1. Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Vol.X, 1909-10, p.28
2.शकास तुखाराः कङ्काश च रॊमशाः शृङ्गिणॊ नराः, महागमान दूरगमान गणितान अर्बुदं हयान (II.47.26)
3. Sandhya Jain:Adideo Arya Devata, A Panoramic view of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Published in 2004 by Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, p.131
Chakrakota (चक्रकोट) was a kingdom of Nagavanshi Jats. Chakrakota bas been identified with Chitrakot the central portion of the former Bastar State. [SUP][1][/SUP]
The place Kanker in North Bastar and Kanger River in south Bastar probably get name after Mahabharata tribe named Kanka (कंक). In the list of The Mahabharata Tribes we find mention of Kanka (कङ्क), in the tribute list Mahabharata (II.47.26)[SUP][2][/SUP] , as wearing horns, a practice among some Iranian tribes of Central Asia. Sandhya Jain[SUP][3][/SUP] has identified it with A Jat tribe living between Beas and Sutlej in Punjab as Kang; who claim descent from solar race of Ayodhya.
References:
1. Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Vol.X, 1909-10, p.28
2.शकास तुखाराः कङ्काश च रॊमशाः शृङ्गिणॊ नराः, महागमान दूरगमान गणितान अर्बुदं हयान (II.47.26)
3. Sandhya Jain:Adideo Arya Devata, A Panoramic view of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Published in 2004 by Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, p.131
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