Alakh

Alakh (अलख) is a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan.

Variant

Alaka (अलका) (AS, p.41)

Jat Gotras Namesake

Alakh (अलख) (Jat clan) → Alaka Nagari (अलका नगरी) - In Kâlidasa's Meghadûta, Râmagiri is mentioned as the place where the Yaksha, exiled from Alakā, lived for a year. (p.35)^[1]

History

Rajatarangini ^[2] tells us that Though Janakasimha was advised not to fight, still he fought with the army of Bhikshachara (1120 AD) on the bridge before Sadashiva. There the proud soldiers of Janakasimha were unexpectedly defeated. Prithvihara accompanied by Alaka, his, brother's son, crossed over by another bridge and destroyed the enemy's army. When the citizens, the horsemen and the Tantris fled, Janakasimha with his friends fled at night and went to Lohara.

Distribution and population in Pakistan

According to 1911 census the Alakh were the principal Muslim Jat clan in:

Mianwali District : Alakh (837)

Notable persons

References

Back to Gotras

[1] Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.33-37

[2] Kings of Kashmira Vol 2 (Rajatarangini of Kalhana)/Book VIII (p.80)

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