Moga
- For place name see Moga District
Moga (मोगा) [1][2] gotra Jats live in Rajasthan[3] and Madhya Pradesh.
History
According to Alexander Cunningham Tradition has preserved the name of only one king, named Kumkamarath, who is said to have been the sister's son of Moga, the founder of Mong. [4] Moga is a Jat clan.
Maues (Moga) inscription of Takshasila
One inscription is known which mentions Maues (usually called the "Moga inscription", and starts with:
- "In the seventy eighth, 78, year the Great King, the Great Moga, on the fifth, 5, day of the month Panemos, on this first, of the Kshaharata and Kshatrapa of Chukhsa - Liaka Kusuluka by name - his son Patika - in the town of Takshasila..." [5]
Maues issued joint coins mentioned a queen Machene ("ΜΑΧΗΝΗ"). Machene may have been a daughter of one of the Indo-Greek houses.[6]
An Indo-Greek king, Artemidoros also issued coins where he describes himself as "Son of Maues".
Villages founded by Moga clan
- Dhani Mogawali (ढाणी मोगावाली) - village in Sri Madhopur tahsil in Sikar district in Rajasthan.
In Mahabharata
The Mahabharata Bhisma Parva in English, Book 6:SECTION IX, mentions about province of Mogas. Bhisma Parva in Sanskrit shloka 38 writes
Sanskrit
Transliteration
- śūrasenāḥ kaliṅgāś ca bodhā maukās tathaiva ca
- matsyāḥ sukuṭyaḥ saubalyāḥ kuntalāḥ kāśikośalāḥ ।। 38 ।।
Distribution in Rajasthan
Locations in Jaipur city
Airport Colony, Murlipura Scheme, Tonk Road,
Villages in Sikar district
Villages in Churu district
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Nimach district
Villages in Ratlam district
Villages in Ratlam district with population of this gotra are:
Badauda 2,
Moga city
Well known historical documents [7][8] [9][10] say the Maues or Moga became the first important Saka or Scythian (Jat) King around 90 B.C. in North-West India. This raises a very probable possibility that the modern city of Moga, in Punjab, is very ancient and derives its name from Jat King himself.[11]
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Jalandhar district
- Moga is village in Jalandhar -II tahsil in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. म-4
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.56,s.n. 2094
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter IX,p.695
- ↑ The Ancient Geography of India/Taki ,p.164
- ↑ The Minor Indo-Parthian Eras
- ↑ RC Senior "Indo-Scythian coins and history", Vol IV, p.xxxvi.
- ↑ Thapar, R., A History of India, Penguin Books, London, 1969, pp. 228-229, 70-71, 95-96, 337-339, 29
- ↑ Smith, V.A., The Oxford History of India, Oxford University Press, London, 1967, pp. 173, 162-163.
- ↑ Marshall, J. (Sir), A Guide to Taxila, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1960, pp. 24-25.
- ↑ Banerjea, J.N. (Professor), The Scythians and Parthians in India, in a Comprehensive History of India, edited by K.A.N. Sastri, People's Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 1957, pp. 872-874 (Vol. 2).
- ↑ History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p. 105