The Jats
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Exploring the past
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Another word for Kheda was Dehura (ਦੇਹੁਰੇ), an archaic term likely in use since the early migrations of the Jats into the subcontinent. Though no longer in popular use, it is composed of persian words 'Deh' (village) and 'Hura' (divine), meaning 'village deity.' The term Hura is…
In the past, when a Jat clan founded a village, they established a sacred site called a Kheda to honor their ancestors and mark the spiritual foundation of the settlement. Often created at the founder’s death or during the village’s formation, a morhī (a living offshoot of a…
In the interiors of western Himalayas native Aryans follow a religious system which is quite different to the mainstream Hinduism. There is a Devta - God of each village and people strictly worship that god - much like Greek city states. They have their lore and
Jatki was considered to be the language of the Jats and was spoken across North India, especially in Jat dominated regions with minor vernacular variations. It was known for its rich literary tradition, its emphasis on sacrifice and social values, and its role as a voice of…
The map of `The Races of India` based on tribal distributions was published in 1854 in the Quarterly Ethnological Journal. It showed the entire northwestern region of India stretching from the Indus to Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh under Jat control. Interestingly, Rajputs…
Map of British India, 1857. The entire region now labeled “Rajputana” was previously referred to simply as Ajmer in earlier records. The term was formalized after James Tod published his Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (Vol. I in 1829, Vol. II in 1832). Regions that were once…
In 1869, the Journal of the Ethnological Society, which focused on the study of human races and societies, published that the Rajputs represented a second wave of migration into the Indian subcontinent and were displaced by advancing Jat groups evidenced by their dominant…
Historically, when a Jat village was first settled, a main entrance with heavy wooden gates was constructed to serve as both a line of defense and and a means of security. These fortified entrances gave the village clusters usually settled by the same clan a semi autonomous…
A DNA result, reportedly from a woman’s skeleton at Sinauli (circa 2000 BC) in Western Uttar Pradesh was leaked showing European mtDNA haplogroup H and nearly 80% steppe ancestry. An Indian scientist who has long denied Steppe migration resorted to threats to suppress the leak.…
In Haryana, Jats comprise about 24% of the population but historically held over 80% of the land. Contrary to post-Partition academic claims that British patronage enabled their dominance, pre colonial records and contemporary evidence from Punjab, Western UP, and Northern…
I have seen that a lot of Indians tend to often associate anything Iranian with Islam subconsciously, thanks to the medieval Mughal influence. But many don't realize >1500 years ago, there were Buddhist-Hindu Iranic kings ruling the country,casually using words like Khoda,Shah
This is year 127 CE.. Emperor Kaniṣka the Kuṣāṇa, fresh from a major victory, proclaiming his words in Bactrian(Αριαο) from his Puruṣapura palace, to be soon inscribed in stone at Rabatak in the highland region of Baghlan.
In Haryana, Jats comprise about 24% of the population but historically held over 80% of the land. Contrary to post-Partition academic claims that British patronage enabled their dominance, pre colonial records and contemporary evidence from Punjab, Western UP, and Northern…
According to Ibbetson, Jats held a dominant position as landowners in the Rohtak tract, controlling around 60% of the land, whereas Rajputs owned just 4%. There was no evidence to suggest that Rajputs enjoyed a higher social status. It is increasingly clear that many such claims…