Editing Jat people (section)

=== Indo-Aryan lineage ===
: See main article: [[Indo-Aryan origin of Jats]]
[[Image:Map of Vedic India.png|thumb|250px|Jat habitations vedic period]]
The '''Indo-Aryan origin of Jats''' has been advocated on the basis of ethnological, physical and linguistic standards by many historians like Ernest Binfield Havell,<ref>Ernest Binfield Havell (1918). The history of Aryan rule in India. Harrap. p. 32.</ref> Qanungo,<ref>Qanungo: ''History of the Jats''</ref> [[Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya]],<ref>Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya: ''History of Medieval Hindu India''</ref> Sir Herbert Risley,<ref>Risley, Herbert; Crooke, William. Crooke, William. ed. The people of India (2, reprint ed.). Asian Educational Services. p. 33. ISBN 81-206-1265-5.</ref> [[Thakur Deshraj]],<ref>[[Thakur Deshraj]]: ''Jat Itihasa''</ref>, [[Dr Natthan Singh]]<ref>[[Dr Natthan Singh]]: Jat - Itihas (Hindi), Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior, 2004 (Page 38)</ref>, Mangal Sen Jindal<ref>Mangal Sen Jindal: ''History of Origin of Some Clans in India''</ref>, etc. Sir Herbert Risley declared the Jats to be the true representatives of the Vedic Aryans.

On the basis of historical facts the Jats are reported to be present in India from '''3102 BCE'''.<ref>[[Dr Natthan Singh]]: Jat - Itihas (Hindi), Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior, 2004 (Page 9)</ref><ref>Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya: Mahabharata a criticizm, Bombay 1904 (Page 55-78)</ref> <ref>[[Hukum Singh Panwar]]:[[The Jats:Their Origin, Antiquity and Migrations]],  p.181</ref>
[[Dr Natthan Singh]], [[Hukum Singh Panwar]] consider Jats to be the Aryans and their original homeland was '[[Saptasindhu]]'. They had to migrate from India on economic, social and political reasons after [[Mahabharata]] war for some period but they returned back to India. During the migration also they did not leave their language and cultural traditions.<ref>[[Dr Natthan Singh]]: Jat - Itihas (Hindi), Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior, 2004 (Page 38)</ref> This view is also supported by Thakur Deshraj, who writes that on the basis of ethnological, physical, cultural and linguistic characteristics that Jats are pure Aryans, who inhabited the areas on the banks of Ganga-Yamuna or Sarswati-Sindhu during Vedic civilization.<ref>[[Thakur Deshraj]]: Jat Itihasa, Page 64</ref> Thakur Deshraj also highlights that after the great [[Mahabharata]] war, [[Krishna]] formed a democratic federation or sangha of clans known as Jñātisangha (ज्ञाति-संघ). Initially, [[Vrishni]] and [[Andhaka]] clans were included in this sangha and later many clans joined it.<ref>[[Shanti Parva Mahabharata Book XII Chapter 82]]</ref><ref>ठाकुर गंगासिंह: "जाट शब्द का उदय कब और कैसे", जाट-वीर स्मारिका, ग्वालियर, 1992, पृ. 6</ref><ref>किशोरी लाल फौजदार: "महाभारत कालीन जाट वंश", [[जाट समाज]], आगरा, जुलाई 1995, पृ 7</ref> Due to political situations, Jats had to migrate from India. They went up to [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Arab]], [[Turkistan]] . [[Chandravanshi]] [[Kshatriya]]s known as [[Yadava]]s spread to [[Iran]] [[Sindh]], [[Punjab]], [[Saurashtra]], [[Central India]] and [[Rajasthan]]. In north-east the went upto  [[Kashmir]], [[Nepal]], Bihar etc. They even went to [[Mongolia]] and [[Siberia]]. Greeks call themselves descendants of [[Krishna]] and [[Baladeva]]. [[China]] vanshi also consider themselves descendants of [[Aryan]]s. The same people returned to India in later periods with the names [[Shaka]], [[Pahllava]], [[Kushan]], [[Yuezhi]], [[Huna]], [[Gujar]]  <ref>[[Thakur Deshraj]]: Jat Itihas, Delhi, 1992, p. 30</ref>

According to Maheswari Prasad of Banaras Hindu University, Jats belong to the [[Proto-Vedic]] Aryan stock. But being on the periphery of [[Madhyadesha]], the cradle of Vedic culture, they did not undergo the social transformation on the line of varna system and monarchial political organizaion. The power of decision-making remained with elders and clan organizations.<ref>Maheswari Prasad: The Jats — Their role & contribution to the socio-economic life and polity of North & North-West India, Vol. I, ed. Dr. Vir Singh, ISBN 81-88629-17-0.</ref>

The [[Sinsinwar]] Jat rulers of [[Bharatpur]] have been recorded as [[Yadav]], by Prakash Chandra Chandawat.<ref>Dr. Prakash Chandra Chandawat: [[Maharaja Suraj Mal]] aur unka yug, Jaypal Agencies Agra, 1982</ref> Historian U. N. Sharma has mentioned the chronology of Krishna, in which starting from Sindhupal in 64th generation of Krishna to Bharatpur ruler [[Maharaja Brijendra Singh]] (1929-1948), all the rulers are mentioned as Yaduvanshi Jats.<ref>UN Sharma :Jaton ka Navin Itihas</ref> Sidhu Jats are also [[Bhatti]]s in origin, and thus Yaduvanshi in origin.

[[Mikhail Konstantinovich Kudryavtsev]] researched the [[origin of the Jats]] and pointed out that [[Legendary origins of the Jats|some legends speak of the Jats]] as having lived in [[Sind]] long before the [[Scythian]]s invaded [[India]], and even of a direct association of Jat chiefs with the heroes of the ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref>Kudryavtsev, Mikhail Konstantinovich (1964). [[On the Role of Jats in Northern India's Ethnic History]].</ref>