Editing Jat people (section)

===Ancient Central Asian Etymology of Jat===

[[Image:Asia_323bc.jpg|thumb|300px|Asia in 323 BC, showing various [[Central Asian]] tribes including the [[Massagetae]], [[Scythians]], [[Dahae]] and their neighbors.]]

[[Archaeologist]]s & writers have connected the name with that of the ancient [[Getae]] and [[Massagetae]].<ref>''The Geats of Beowulf'' by J. A. Leake, Published 1967, Pages 68, 172, ISBN 029904050</ref><ref>''History and study of the Jats'' by B. S. Dhillon, Published 1994, ISBN 1895603021</ref>

[[John Marshall (archaeologist)|Sir John Marshall]], J.F. Hewitt and S.M Latif identified and believed the word Jat is derived from the ancient [[Central Asian]] words for the [[Massagetae]], or great (massa) [[Getae]] tribes.<ref>[[John Marshall (archaeologist)|Sir John Marshall]], (Sir, Hon. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge University, and formerly Director-General of Archaeology in India), A Guide to Taxila, Cambridge University Press, London, 1960, pp. 24.</ref><ref>Hewitt, J.F., The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, South-Western Asia and Southern Europe, Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1894, pp. 481-487.</ref><ref>Latif, S.M., History of the Panjab, Reprinted by Progressive Books, Lahore, Pakistan, 1984, first published in 1891, pp. 56.</ref>

The following [[archaeologist]]s & writers have identified the word Jat with the Scythians and their associated tribes. [[Alexander Cunningham|Sir Alexander Cunningham]] ''(Xanthii)''<ref>[[Alexander Cunningham|Sir Alexander Cunningham]], (Sir, Major-General, and former Director-General of the [[Archeological Survey of India]]), Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas, and Kushans, Indological Book House, Varanasi, India, 1971, first published in 1888, pp. 33.</ref>, [[John Marshall (archaeologist)|Sir John Marshall]] ''(Massagetae)''<ref>[[John Marshall (archaeologist)|Sir John Marshall]], (Sir, Hon. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge University, and formerly Director-General of Archaeology in India), A Guide to Taxila, Cambridge University Press, London, 1960, pp. 24.</ref>, S.M Latif ''(Massagetae)''<ref>Latif, S.M., History of the Panjab, Reprinted by Progressive Books, Lahore, Pakistan, 1984, first published in 1891, pp. 56.</ref>, J.F. Hewitt ''(Massagetae)''<ref>Hewitt, J.F., The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, South-Western Asia and Southern Europe, Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1894, pp. 481-487.</ref>, [[Bhim Singh Dahiya|B.S. Dahiya]] ''(Dahae)''<ref>Dahiya, B.S., Jats: The Ancient Rulers, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1980, pp. 23.</ref>, Sir H.M. Elliot ''(Saka)''<ref>Sir H.M. Elliot, Encyclopaedia of Caste, Customs, Rites and Superstitions of the Races of Northern India, Vol. 1, Reprinted by Sumit Publications, Delhi, 1985, first published in 1870, pp. 133-134.</ref>, [[James Tod]] ''(Scythians)''<ref>Tod, J., (Lt. Col.), Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol.1, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London, 1972 (reprint), first published in 1829, pp. 623.</ref>, [[Arthur Edward Barstow]] ''(Scythians)''<ref>Barstow, A.E., The Sikhs: An Ethnology, Reprinted by B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, India, 1985, first published in 1928, pp. 105-135, 63, 155, 152, 145.</ref>, A.H. Bingley ''(Scythians)''<ref>Bingley, A.H., Handbooks for the Indian Army: Sikhs, Compiled Under the Orders of the Government of India, Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, India, 1899, pp. 8-9, 3.</ref>, H.A Rose ''(Scythians)''<ref>Rose, H.A., A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Reprinted by the Languages Dept., Patiala, Punjab, 1970, first published in 1883, pp. 362-363, (Vol. II), 58 (Vol. I).</ref>, U.S. Mahil ''(Scythians)''<ref>Mahil, U.S., Antiquity of Jat Race, Atma Ram & Sons, Delhi, India, 1955, pp. 2, 9,14.</ref>, I. Sara ''(Scythians)''<ref>Sara, I., The Scythian Origins of the Sikh-Jat, The Sikh Review, March 1978, pp. 26-35.</ref>, G Singh ''(Scythians)''<ref>Singh, G., A History of the Sikh People (1469-1978), World Sikh University Press, Delhi, India, 1979, pp. 11-12.</ref> and N Singh ''(Scythians)''.<ref>Singh, N., Canadian Sikhs, Canadian Sikhs' Studies Institute, 21 Jay Avenue, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, 1994, pp. 164.</ref>

The ''Getae'' etymology has been taken up in the ''Jattan Da Ithihas''. It has also been mentioned by Jat historian [[Bhim Singh Dahiya]].<ref> Bhim Singh Dahiya, ''Jats the Ancient Rulers'', Dahinam Publishers, Sonepat, Haryana.</ref> Jat people have many surnames common to [[Central Asian]] & [[German people]] even to this day.