Naunakha
Naunakha (नौनखा)[1] Noongi (नूनगी)[2][3] is gotra of Jats.
Origin
- Naunakha clan is probably descended from Nonaka, minister of King of Kashmir, mentioned in Rajatarangini.
- Naunakha clan, according to other source, is said to be originated from place named Naunera (नौनेरा). [4]
History
Nonaka is mentioned as Minister of King of Kashmir prior to Harsha (Kashmir) (r.1089-1111 AD) in Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book VII (p.207, 219,222,227,229, 232, 235).
When Harsha became King, recollecting the many evil acts done by Nonaka, and being angry with him, Harsha impaled him with his half brother (son of his nurse). Subsequently, however, when he found himself in difficulties he remembered Nonaka, the wise and faithful to his master, and repented of his deed. A worthy man, though he does us injury, is sometimes of service to us. Nonaka was impaled by Vishabhatta and other Rajpoots, but not before he had seen his wife mutilated, her ears and nose being cut off. [5]
Rajatarangini[6] tells that The king waited to set a golden umbrella over the god ; and a mechanic came to him from Turushka and told him that many thousand pieces of gold would be required for the umbrella. This man knew the art of plating copper with gold. While engaged in preparing the umbrella he lived in the court, favored by the king. The minister Nonaka was wiser than the mechanic, and learnt the art of covering copper with gold, and so the umbrella was finished with little gold. The enormously rich king set up a linga named Anantesha and other images of gods.
Notable persons
Reference
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. न-19
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. न-82
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.47,s.n. 1422
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya & others: Ādhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 260
- ↑ Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book VII (p.235).
- ↑ Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book VII, p.207.
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