Editing Jat people (section)

====Jat People in Mahabharata period====

{{main|Jat people in Mahabharata period}}

{{main|The Mahabharata Tribes}}

Jat people find a mention in most ancient Indian literature like [[Mahabharata]] and [[Rig Veda]]. Over sixty clans are named in the Rig Veda.<ref> [[Bhim Singh Dahiya]], Aryan Tribes and the Rig Veda, Dahinam Publishers, 16 B Sujan Singh Park, Sonepat, Haryana,India,1991</ref> In the Mahabharata as they are mentioned ‘''Jartas''’ in ‘Karna Parva’. The famous Sanskrit scholar [[Panini (grammarian)|Panini]] (traditionally dated 520-460 BCE, with estimates ranging from the 7th to 4th centuries BCE) has mentioned in his Sanskrit grammar known as ''[[Astadhyayi|{{IPA|Aṣṭādhyāyī}}]]'' in the form of ''shloka'' as जट झट संघाते or “''Jat Jhat Sanghate''”.<ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, Page-1 </ref> This means that the terms 'Jat' and 'democratic federation' are synonymous.