Madrak
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| Jat Clan: Madrak | |
| Distribution | Punjab (India) and Haryana |
| Descended from: | Kshatrya |
| Branches: | None |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Languages | Punjabi |
| Surnames: | Madrak |
Madrak is the name of ancient king of Āryāvarta, as per Vishnu Puran Madrak related to Anu Vansh. After a long time Madrak established as a lord of Sumerians and gotra of ancient Aryan royals. Madrak is lord of Aryan king Cyrus the great of Anushayan (Anshan) Aryavrata nowadays in Persian territory. Madrak (also Madra, Marduk, Maderna, Madrayana) is an ancient gotra of Jats and is the root of many of the Jat gotras. They are descendants of Madri. In the Mahabharata epic, Madri was a princess of the Madra kingdom and the second wife of Pandu.
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[edit] Historical Accounts
According to various historians Sialkot, Quetta and Ghazni were the capitals of the Madrakas since ancient times. King Shalya, the maternal uncle of the Kauravas was from the Madrak gotra. Colonel James Tod found a rock inscription during the excavations of Sagala Nagri (Modern Sialkot), which he sent to the Asiatic Society. In this inscription King Shalya has been called a Madrak Jat. Alexander's army had a fierce battle with the forces of the Madrakas at Sialkot.
In Mahabharata (Karna Parva) King Shalya has been called Jatit.
According to "Neel Purana", Madrak country began after crossing the river Beas, Satyabhama (Satluj) and the river Devika flowed through it.
In ancient India the country between the rivers Ravi and Chenab was called Madrak.
According to Alberuni and Ptolemy Sialkot and Shakilnagri are one and the same.
Madrayana or Maderna gotra Jats are found in western Rajasthan in India. Parasram Maderna is a famous political leader from Marwar region. People belonging to Bhati gotra associate themselves with both Ghazni and Sialkot and for this reason the Bhati gotra is accepted as a branch of Madrak.
[edit] At present madra
- Now Madra jatt Sikh people are from Dubli Village in District Ambala, they can be found in some villages in Punjab.
