Takshan
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Takshan (तक्षन्) is name of a place mentioned by Panini.
Mention by Panini
Takshan (तक्षन्) is name of a place mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi under Nadadi (नडादि) (4.2.91) group. [1]
Jat clans
History
Ram Sarup Joon[2]The word Turk has been derived from Takshan and Takshak is a well-known Jat-Gotra. The Greek historian Strabo writes that the Takshaks named Kardastan as Takshakstan. Later the name was changed to Turkistan and consequently, the inhabitants began to be called -Turks. The capital of this country was originally known as Takshkhand, which changed to Tashkand or Tashkent.
In Mahabharata
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References
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.504
- ↑ History of the Jats/Chapter III,p.36