Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s5.t2.113

v1.c17.s5.t2.113

⁵ The Mirātu-l-Sikandari gives the ancestry of the apostate for twenty-three generations; the last of whom was Sesh, the same which introduced the Nagvansa, seven centuries before the Christian era, into India. The author of the work gives the origin of the name of Tak, or Tank, from tarka, ‘expulsion,’ from his caste, which he styles Khatri, evincing his ignorance of this ancient race.