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'''Aka (अका)''' is Jat gotra found in [[Afghanistan]]<ref>[[An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan]] By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.16 </ref>. They occupy [[Kohistan]] or hill country of the Yusafzai or Isap, which is commonly called [[Yoghistan]] or independent country in [[Afghanistan]]. | '''Aka (अका)''' is Jat gotra found in [[Afghanistan]]<ref>[[An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan]] By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.16 </ref>. They occupy [[Kohistan]] or hill country of the Yusafzai or Isap, which is commonly called [[Yoghistan]] or independent country in [[Afghanistan]]. [[Ako]] and [[Aka]] of [[Afghanistan]] stand for the '''[[Aga]] Jat'''.<ref>[[An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan]] By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.31 </ref> | ||
== Origin == | == Origin == | ||
It gets name from Raja '''[[Ahuka]] (आहूक)'''.<ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, [[Dharmpal Singh Dudee]], Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998</ref> | It gets name from Raja '''[[Ahuka]] (आहूक)'''.<ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, [[Dharmpal Singh Dudee]], Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:42, 12 July 2012
Aka (अका) is Jat gotra found in Afghanistan[1]. They occupy Kohistan or hill country of the Yusafzai or Isap, which is commonly called Yoghistan or independent country in Afghanistan. Ako and Aka of Afghanistan stand for the Aga Jat.[2]
Origin
It gets name from Raja Ahuka (आहूक).[3]
History
Aka is the name of a Naga tribe.[4]
While writing on the ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellow gives following information on the Asi/Asii:
- Yusaf (same as Isap) is divided into five clan— Isa, Musa, Bai, Aka and Urya. They occupy Kohistan or hill country of the Yusafzai or Isap, which is commonly called Yoghistan or independent country.
- Isa which is the Musalman form of Asi (Asva) has following sections Alisher, Aymal, Aypi, Burhan, Dadi, Gadae, Hasan, Hoti, Hyasw, Kika, Kamal, Kamboh (i.e Kambojia), Kanra, Khadin, Khaki, Kotwal, Lughman, Madi, Makho, Mama, Mashu, Musara, Mirhamad, Nasrat, Panjpao, Salar, Sen, Shergha, She, Taju, Taos, Warkam, Walayati, Ya, Zakarya etc (See: An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, 1891, pp 80, 146, 150 Henry Walter Bellew).
Scholars like Dr Moti Chandra, Dr Krishna Chandra Mishra, Dr J. L. Kamboj etc write that Karpasika of Mahabharata is same as Kapisa or Ki-pin (or Ke-pin, Ka-pin, Chi-pin) of the Chinese records and represents the modern Kafiristan (now Nurestan)/Kohistan.[5]
Population
Notable persons
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.16
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.31
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.14
- ↑ Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva, 1945, p 44, Dr Moti Chandra; Tribes in the Mahabharata: A Socio-cultural Study, 1987, p 94, Krishna Chandra Mishra - Mahābhārata.
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