Badrak

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Badrak (बद्रक) is Gotra of Jats found in Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

History

Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 13 mentions about the eighteen tribes of the Bhojas, from fear of Jarasandha, have all fled towards the west; so also have the Surasenas, the Bhadrakas, the Vodhas, the Salwas, the Patachcharas, the Susthalas, the Mukuttas, and the Kulindas, along with the Kuntis. [1]

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 47 mentions it as a tribe in war along with Pani tribe. [2]

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Ratlam district

Villages in Ratlam with population of this gotra are:

Kalmoda (3),

Notable persons

External links

References

  1. शूरसेना भद्र कारा बॊधाः शाल्वाः पतच चराः । सुस्दराश च सुकुट्टाश च कुणिन्थाः कुन्तिभिः सह ।।(Mahabharata II.13.25)
  2. चित्रसेनेन सहिताः सहिताः पाणिभथ्रकैः(Pani-Bhadraka) । भीष्मम एवाभिरक्षन्तु सह सैन्यपुरस्कृताः (Mahabharata VI.47.9)

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