Editing Jat people (section)

=== Identification of the Jats as Getae and Massagetae ===
*[[Alexander Cunningham]] advocated, "[[Jat]] is the same word as ''[[Getæ]]'', in all probability."<ref>Cunningham, Arch. Survey Reports, II, 54 ff.</ref>

*[[Steven M. Collins]] advocates the identification of [[Massagetaeans]] as "Great [[Jits]] or Jats" of [[Asia]].<ref>Collins, Steven M. (2005). Israel's Tribes Today (illustrated ed.). Book 4 of Lost tribes of Israel, Steven M. Collins.Bible Blessings. ISBN 0972584935, 9780972584937.</ref><ref>[http://www.israelite.info/bookexcerpts/israelstribestoday.html Israel's Tribes Today - The Two Houses of Israel Information Center]</ref>


*[[Weer Rajendra Rishi]] advocates that the Jats are none other than the Massagetaeans (Maha/Great Getae).<ref>Rishi, Weer Rajendra (1982). India & Russia: linguistic & cultural affinity. Roma Publications. p. 95.</ref>


*[[Rahul Sankrityayan]] had identified the Jats as Massagetaeans.<ref>Rishi, Weer Rajendra (1982). India & Russia: linguistic & cultural affinity. Roma Publications. p. 95. "Some of the Indian writers including Rahul Sankrityayan and Ujagar Singh Mahil in his book "Antiquity of Jat Race" say that Jats inhabiting the northern India are the descendants of Massagetae, or Malta (great) Getae or Jat."</ref>


*[[Arnold Joseph Toynbee]] wrote: "''It may not be fantastic to conjecture that the Tuetonic-speaking [[Goths]] and Gauts of [[Scandinavia]] may have been descended from a fragment of the same [[Indo-European]]-speaking tribe as the homonymous [[Getae]] and [[Thyssagetae]] and Massagetae of the [[Eurasia]]n Steppe who are represented today by the Jats of the Panjab."''<ref>Toynbee, Arnold Joseph (1939). A Study of History. Volume 2. London: Oxford University Press. p. 435.</ref>


*[[Arnold Joseph Toynbee]], also wrote: "''It had been carried from the [[Oxus]]-[[Jaxartes]] Basin into the Indus Basin by the Massagetae themselves, together with their tribal name (the Jats), in their Volkerwander- ung in the second century BC''"<ref>Royal Institute of International Affairs; Toynbee, Arnold Joseph (1962). A Study of History (2 ed.). Volume 10. Oxford University Press. p. 54.</ref>


*[[George Rawlinson]] ''has identified the Massagetaeans as "Great Jits or Jats" of Asia.''<ref>Rawlinson, George (1873). The sixth great Oriental monarchy: or, The geography, history, & antiquities of Parthia. Longmans, Green, and co. p. 118</ref><ref>Rawlinson, George (1893). The story of Parthia. G. P. Putnam's sons. p. 110.</ref><ref>Rawlinson, George (2004). The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World (2, illustrated ed.). Volume 3 of The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, Or: The History, Geography and Antiquities of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian, Or the New Persian Empire, George Rawlinson. Gorgias Press LLC. p. 66. ISBN 1593331711, 9781593331719.</ref><ref>Rawlinson, George (2007). Parthia. Cosimo, Inc. p. 110. ISBN 160206136X.</ref><ref>Rawlinson, George (2010). The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World: Or, The History, Geography and Antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian Or New Persian Empire. Volume 3. Nottingham Society. p. 66.</ref><ref>Rawlinson, George (2012). The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire, With Maps and Illustrations. Tredition. ISBN 3847205145, 9783847205142.</ref>


*[[Sir Richard Francis Burton]] wrote: "''The Massagetae (greater Jats or Goths) are opposed to the [[Thyssagetae|Thyssa]] (or lesser) Getae, and both used the sagaris.''"<ref>Burton, Richard Francis (Sir) (2008). The Book of the Sword. Cosimo, Inc. p. 90. ISBN 1605204366, 9781605204369.</ref>