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-'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a [[Jat]] clan of the [[Punjab region]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan  By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>
+'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a Suryavanshi Kshatriya Rajput Clan and [[Jat]] clan of the [[Punjab region]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan  By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>
+==History==
+Virk (also spelled as Birk or Wirk) are Suryavanshi Kshatriyas clan.
+Virks are Suryavanshi Rajputs and they are mentioned in Mahabharata as “Vrika Rajputs” or “Vrika Raja-putra” means “Son of King” or “Son of Warrior” or famoulsy known as “Son of Wolfs”. Vrikas are regarded as “Kshatriyas” or a “Warriors” in “Mahabharta” and they are brethren of Minhas Rajputs. Hence many people write their surnames as “Minhas-Virk”.
+(Kshatriyas varna - Warrior)
+Virks have a history of more than 2000 years. Since they were mentioned in Mahabharata as “Vrika” Rajputs or “Vrika Warriors” or “Vrika Kshatriyas”.
+Virks are descendants of Pandavas from therfore gotra “Virk” and hence they are Suryavanshi Rajput Clan.
+Virks are known to be Kshatriyas as HarshVardhan Virk who defeated Huns in 400 AD.
+Raja Yashodharman Virk who ruled the whole Northern and Central India in 200 BC.i.e.Kashmir,Sindh to Rajasthan and Central India (Madhya Pradesh).
+Many Virks in 1500s have converted to Sikhism by the grace of Guru Nanak Dev ji.
+In Kashmir Valley, “Varik or Warik” is an gotra of Kashmiri Pandits/Brahmins.
+Virks are known to be directed descendants of Rama and hence they are Suryavanshi Kshatriyas.
+Worlds oldest civilization in Mesopotamia called “Uruk/Warka” was 4000 years old. Known to be the country of Virks. In Greek history it was stated as “Hyrcania” or “Gurgaon” or “Verkana” or “Volka” or “country of wolf's”.
+Many researchers have tried to find the the First Aryans of India and they were “Virks”.
+Virks are known to be part of “Jutes” and “Scthyian” tribe.
+Source:- HARKING BACK: Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land
+Conclusion:- Virks are ancient Warrior clan.They are Suryavanshi Kshatriyas Rajput and Jat clan and gotra can also be found in Kashmiri Pandits or Kashmiri Brahmins.
 Before 1947, many Virk clans lived in the [[Lahore]], [[Sialkot]] and [[Sheikhupura]] regions of [[Punjab, British India]]. After [[Independence of India]] in 1947, Virk people of Sikh faith migrated <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1403060 |author=Majid Sheikh |date=22 April 2018|title=HARKING BACK: Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
-Notable people who bear the surname and may or may not be associated with the clan include:
+Varik or Warik is an gotra of Kashmiri Pandits too.
+==Notable people who bear the surname==
 * [[Nawab Kapur Singh Virk]] (1697–1753), Sikh leader, Organizer of the Sikh Confederacy and Dal Khalsa.He is a founder of district Kapurthala
 *[[Jani Virk]], (born 1962), Slovenian writer, poet, translator and editor
+* [[Yashodharman]] Jat king who ruled Central India in 200 BC
+* [[Harshvardhana]] Ancient Jat king who defeated Huns in 400 AD.
 *[[Tomo Virk]], (born 1960), Slovenian historian and essayist
 *[[Adnan Virk]], Canadian television sportscaster