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Sankarna is a village in Jalor district of Rajasthan. It is located in the south of Rajasthan, 10 km from district headquarters.
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Map of Sankarna, Rajasthan
Sankarna is a popular village in Ahore tehsil. It is predominated by four sub-castes of rajpurohit community: Raigur, Fondar, Daival, Udes, among others. The village is internally divided into two; chota vaas (small enclave) and bada vaas (large enclave). The division is solely geographical. They are further divided into several lineages that ghetto in specific part of the village, concentrating around a landmark meeting point (pols). But these divisions are insignificant in reference to social practices like marriage, funeral, among other activities.
It comes under the Ahore constituency for legislative assembly and Jalore-Sirohi for the parliamentary seat. The dominant profession is trading. Agriculture used to be the common profession which is thinning out lately. Public services is a new avenue its people are pursuing.
History
This is the place where the army of Alauddin khilji rested while returning after the victory in Gujrat. The intention was to provoke the Jalore ruler, who refused him the passage when he asked for it. Due to the refusal, he had to take an alternate route passing through Mewar state (neighbouring kingdom). While returning- after victory- he intentionally halted his army in sankarna (which was then a constituent of Jalore kingdom). This enraged the ruler and, in order to retaliate, Khilji's army was looted of the victory goods that they won from Gujrat. The convoy was plundered of all the wins. But Khilji was not in a position to backfire due to the recent conquest which had thinned and weakened his army. So, he promised to return someday after his army was rejuvenated. Later, his first conquest of Jalore was a disaster, he was defeated by Kanhad Deo Songara. But in the second conquest, he had sent Malik Kamaluddin's force, which defeated the Jalore's Kanhad Deo. Before the independence of India it came under the jurisdiction of Jodhpur kingdom.