shakun namak prachin sthan ka ullekh hindoo pauranik mahakavy mahabharat milata hai. mahabharat dron parv ke anusar yahaan ke vir yoddha dronachary ke dvara banaye gaye garu d vyooh ke parshv bhag mean upasthit the.
- dronachary dvara nirmit garu davhyooh mean bhoorishrava, shalhy, somadatt tatha bahlik ye viragan akshauhini sena ke sath vhyooh ke dahine parshhv mean sthit the. avanti ke vinhd aur anuvinhd tatha kamhbojaraj sudakshin ye bayean parshhv ka ashray lekar dronaputr ashhvaththama ke age kh de hue tatha prishhthabhag mean kaliang, ambashth, magadh, paunhdr, madrak, gandhar, shakun, poorvadesh, parvatiy pradesh aur vasati adi deshoan ke vir the.[1]