Takha
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Takha (ताखा)[1] [2] Takkha (ताक्खा) Takhu (ताखू)[3] [4] is gotra of Jats found in Madhya Pradesh. It is variant of Taxaka (तक्षक).
Origin
They are said to be Nagavanshi descended from Taxaka (तक्षक). This gotra originated from people who went from place called Takha (ताखा). [5] Takha is the village of Takhars in Bharatpur district. [6]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Takha = Taxilla (Pliny.vi.21)
- Takk = Taxilla (Pliny.vi.21)
History
Takhaji (ताखाजी) is a place of religious and historical importance with temple of Taxaka in Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh. There is a village named Takha in Shikohabad tahsil in Firozabad district in UP.
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Takha (ताखा) gotra Jats live in Mandsaur and Nimach districts in Madhya Pradesh.
Jat villages in Mandsaur district
Jat villages in Nimach district
Fatehnagar (9), Khadawda (1),
Takha, Afghanistan
Takha,a village in Afghanistan[7]
See also
- Taxaka (तक्षक)
External links
Reference
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. त-2,42
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.43,s.n. 1118
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. 42
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.43,s.n. 1118
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas,p. 253
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 253
- ↑ http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/20/Takha.html
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