Kukana
Kookana (कूकणा) Kukana (कुकणा) Kukna (कुकणा) Kunkana (कुंकणा) Kukania (कुकणिया) Kukadya (कुकडया)[1][2] is gotra of Jats found in Haryana and Rajasthan.
Origin
No authentic records come out about their origin but they are considered probably some distant descendants of Nagavanshi King Kukuna (कुकुण) of Mahabharata period.
History
It is one of Jat clans as described by Megasthenes as Cocondae (S.No.16), which may be identified with Kukana, Who adjoin the island Patale, from the furthest shore of which to the Caspian gates the distance is said to be 1, 925 miles.
Udyoga Parva/Mahabharata Book V Chapter 103 mentions Names of famous Nagas which includes Kukuna along with Kukura.
- बाह्यकुण्डॊ मणिर नागस तथैवापूरणः खगः
- वामनश चैल पत्रश च कुकुरः कुकुणस तथा Mahabharata (5.103.10)
Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 mentions names of Kings who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. It includes Kokanada:
- अचलः कनकाक्षश च बालानाम अयिकः परभुः
- संचारकः कॊकनदॊ गृध्रवक्त्रश च जम्बुकः Mahabharata (9.44.69)
Villages founded by Kukna clan
- Kuknon Ki Dhani (Barmer)
- Kuknon Ki Dhani Jodhpur
- Koonknon Ki Dhani (कुंकणों की ढाणी) - village in Nagaur tehsil & district of Rajasthan.
- Kukanwali (कुकनवाली) - village in Nawa tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.
- Kunkana Ki Dhani (कुकणा की ढाणी) - village in Didwana tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.
- Kuknon Ki Dhani (कुकणों की ढाणी) - Village in Baytoo tahsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Hanumangarh district
Amarpura Jalukhat, Dhaban, Dholipal, Khat Jalu, Kishanpura Utradha, Ratanpura, Rorawali, Sangaria,
Villages in Sri Ganganagar district
Anoopgarh Ganganagar, Prempura, Sardarpura Jiwan,
Villages in Nagaur district
Bharnai, Budsoo, Degana Ganw, Hudeel, Itawa Lakha, Koonknon Ki Dhani, Kunkana Ki Dhani, Mamdoli (100), Shankhwas, Tosina,
Villages in Barmer district
Aalpura, Chak Gudha, Garal (10), Jhakh Barmer, Puniya Tala, Kuknon Ki Dhani, Nokhra (1),
Villages in Jodhpur district
Villages in Bikaner district
Biramsar Bikaner, Bikaner, Garhwala Bikaner, Palana, Rajpura Huddan, Shekhsar,
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in District Sirsa
Villages in District Fatehabad
Notable person from this gotra
- Jaswant Singh (Kukna) - Raj Accounts Service, Phone: 0141-2710420, Mobile: 9414788069
- Ashok Kumar Kookna: IRS (C&CE ) 2014 Batch, from Bikaner, Presently under training: 7042310999
External Links
References
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.297
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. क-69
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