Madkalya

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Madkalya (मड़काल्या) Madakalya (मड़काल्या) gotra Jats live in Tonk district in Rajasthan. Madak (मडक) clan is found in Afghanistan also.[1] They fought Mahabharata War in Pandava's side

Origin

They have originated from Madaka (मडक),who were a northern tribe in Yudhisthira's army in Mahabharata (VI.46.49). [2]

History

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Tonk district

Pachewar (2),

Notable persons

References

  1. An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.118
  2. पिशाचा थरथाश चैव पुण्ड्राः कुण्डी विषैः सह । मडका कडकाश चैव तङ्गणाः परपङ्गणाः ।(VI.46.49)

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