Aka

Aka (अका)^[1] (Ako) is Jat gotra found in Afghanistan^[2]. Ako and Aka of Afghanistan stand for the Aga Jat.^[3] Aka may stand for Akha/ Akhai, Greek, or Aga, Jat, and more probably is the Naga clan of that name. ^[4]

Origin

It gets name from Raja Ahuka (आहूक).^[5]

History

Aka is the name of a Naga tribe.^[6]

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).

H. W. Bellew^[7] writes that ...Alexander then entered that part of the country which lies between the two rivers Kophenes and Indus (Kabul and Indus rivers), where Nysa is said to be situate, and on arrival at Nysa (modern Nisatta, on the left bank of the Landi Swat river, near its junction with the Kabul stream) with his army, the citizens sent a deputation headed by Akalphis (perhaps a chief of the Aka tribe of the Naga), beseeching Alexander to leave the liberties of the city entire for the sake of their god Dionysus, and assuring him that Bacchus, having subdued the Indians and determined to return to Greece, built this city as a monument of his victories, and the mountain also which is so near it (Kohi Mor or Kiamur) he would have denominated Merus.

Scholars like Dr Moti Chandra, Dr Krishna Chandra Mishra and Dr J. L. Kamboj 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.^[8]

Distribution

They occupy Kohistan or hill country of the Yusafzai or Isap, which is commonly called Yoghistan or independent country in Afghanistan.

Population

Notable persons

References

↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. अ-2
↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.16,129,155,158,168
↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.31,108
↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.78,80,98,108,119,121,128
↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas,
↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, p.14
↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.69
↑ 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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[1] Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. अ-2

[2] An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.16,129,155,158,168

[3] An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.31,108

[4] An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.78,80,98,108,119,121,128

[5] Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas,

[6] An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, p.14

[7] An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.69

[8] 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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