Talk:Jats

This article might need to be split into two

Or at least the "Jatt" populations of Punjab should be split into their own article, the "Jats" of Haryana into their own, and some sort of passing mention of or reference to the Jats of the West (merging into what are now Western Punjabi groups) into their own. Otherwise this will remain a huge clusterf**k of an article.

It works like this:

There is an overlap between "caste" (Kshatriya caste in North/West India and wherever Hinduism and sometimes Buddhism reigned, even briefly) and "ethnicity" or "tribe".

These groups entered South Asia, usually violently, took over, became royalty, established alliances with other ruling clans, and settled down as a tribe of the Kshatriya caste. This repeated many times. Around the turn of the millenium, this happened a lot in quick succession (Indo-Scythians, Indo-Greeks, Bactrians, Parthians, Yuezhi, Tocharians, Turkic Shahis, White Huns, and later repeat invasions after Islam showed up). On TOP of that, existing Indian tribes and clans went WEST, particularly Buddhists (Jats who overlapped back onto Afghanistan at times) and Hindu Brahmins and other Kshatriya tribes (Hindu Shahis in Afghanistan for example, as well as Rajputs who were already sitting there for quite some time). Their descendents all settled down as seperate tribes of a "Kshatriya" caste which became also a sort of "Jatt" caste AND ethnicity. Jatt could refer to the tribes that made up the Kshatriya caste in the Northwestern subcontinent, and later became a colloquial reference to these groups as a seperate ethnicity. Meanwhile, these disparate tribes of varying origins (yet all sharing strong genetic origin links to Central Asian Indo-Europeans who themselves being genetically "coherent" often fought and conquered each other) started to intermarry and distinguish more along "Jatt" and "Non-Jatt" lines rather than Jatt gotra lines (e.g., Gills and Manns stopped considering themselves as Gills and Manns and just Jatts). THAT is when the "Jatt" designation became worth a damn, when these distinct tribes overlapped into larger ethnicities.

This then extended the relationship to Rajputs (often thought to be really early Kshatriya caste tribes from Northwest India who are now descended from very early Central Asian invasions though they should have also had a strong native subcontinent component at first) and other ethnicities. So instead of, for example, Gills and Manns acting as seperate tribes, they were now "Jatts" interacting with other "Rajputs" (after sticking around for a while, the Rajput ruling clans which became tribes, which conglomerated together into an ethnicity), especially when continuing to share royal power in their kingdoms. Several tribes are classified as both Jatt AND Rajput. Gills for instance, claim descent from the same Rajputs (rulers of Mithila kingdom) that the current Nepalese monarchy (well, no longer 'current') did. The overlap didn't get much beyond this until modern times, although now with globalization and the India/Pakistan situation, there is more "conglomeration" going on and the distinction is becoming (on the Pakistani side) Punjabis and non-Punjabis. Rajput/Jatt are treated as the same, intermarriage between the two is common and Arain are now the "next" closest but distinct tribe. This occurs to varying degrees with all the Punjabi populations, and language is an even stronger marker for distinction now.

So the difference between Jatts and Rajputs is TIME. They were born under similar dynamics but Jatts are from around Alexander and later whereas Rajputs are from centuries, if not millenia, before that.

Yes, it really is a clusterf**k.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.27.166.36 (talk) 15:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Not correct

Yes the majority of Jats live in Haryana and not Punjab. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.128.31 (talk) 01:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

The majority of Jats do not live in Punjab but in Haryana more than 8 million. The origin of the Jats all over is the same, they have the same family names in every reigion. Example Punia, Man, Garewal et. These names are common amongst the Jats in U.P., haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab. No one can divide these Kshatriyas.

There is considerable difference between the "JATTS" and "JAATS", though they sound similar. The latter are found in Present state of Haryana in India and are not same as Jatts who are Punjabi speaking people found in Punjab of India and Pakistan.Ajjay (talk) 06:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

The article needs major re-writing.The Jatts in indian state of punjab and pakistani province of punjab have common surnames,language, culture and traditional attires and games.There is nothing which is shared commonly with jat people of haryana.The jat people of Haryana are as different from Jatts as are the ethnic jat people in afghanistan.Ajjay (talk) 14:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Ajjay You are wrong and full of Total POV. I totally disagree with you, you wrong. Provide at least 5 reliable academic references for such wild claims e.g. PhDs or Professors instead of just wild pov.--G675 (talk) 13:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Ajjay is 100% correct. Before modern day Haryana was formed from Punjab, and Hariana a district of Punjab, how ethnically different were Jaats from Jatts then? My own family are from Haryana and I am Sikh, and I see no difference apart from dialect from Punjab Jatt and and Haryanavi Jaat?--Sikh-history (talk) 14:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Dialect is a huge difference. I don't know of any Jatts on the Pakistan side who would go near an ethnic Jat from Haryana for marriage for their children. Except, of course, the Jatts who don't care about that stuff anymore. But those who have preserved this tradition only treat Jatts from Pakistani Punjab (not even those Western Punjabi or Lahnda-speaking people who call themselves Jatts that are on the border with Kashmir, NWFP, etc), Majha, and Malwa as "true" Jatts. I know many whose families were Sikh in the 1800s. Language and culture is an important factor in this distinction from what I have observed. If you aren't speaking Majhi Punjabi, then you might as well be speaking Chinese to these people. In fact, Jatts on the Pakistani side have little problem intermarrying with Rajputs or other Punjabi ethnicities (including Arain despite the fact there has been some historical tension between the two communities but mostly due to politics and the issue of status, wealth, and land) so long as they are from the same region (proper Punjab) and speak Majhi Punjabi (the kind most Punjabis speak today).

So these traditions didn't crop up overnight. I would expect Jatts from Pakistan and Indian Punjab to have even less in common with Haryana Jats as they do with the Western Punjabi people (Multani, Seraiki, Lahndi, Mirpuri-Punjabi, Hindko, etc). They are viewed as completely different people here. Sure, genetically, there are many commonalities between all North Indian groups, but ethnically and culturally they've treated each other as separate for a long time.

Also the idea that the Jats of Afghanistan are distinct from Jatts in Pakistan/India is also not entirely true since some Jatt gotras specifically link themselves to Afghani Jats just as some no doubt link themselves to Haryanavi Jats. For the most part, very few Indo-Scythian or other invasions by steppe nomads came in from Western Afghanistan, but a few did. Especially for the Greco-Scythian/Indo-Greek (the Gill gotra mentions this origin), Bactrian, Parthian descended tribes. The Gill gotra claims relation to the Shahi dynasty of Afghanistan. Which is not out of line at all since Jatt populations do share a small link (perhaps correlating to only a few tribes out of the overall Jatt population?) to Turkic groups and the Shahis were the Turks who were in the region at the time that the Jatts showed up on the subcontinent. And that is just the Muslim link. The other Shahis were Hindu Brahmins! At the same time the Indo-Scythians were showing up, so were many other people, including people from India itself (not just North to South or West to East invasions/migrations). This overall "mixing" indicates a link should be expected in some North Indian populations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.27.166.36 (talk) 14:26, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

This page is in need of a clean up.

Someone need to edit this page to check facts and make it more concise. it follows no clear order and has several grammatical errors. its far too long and generally confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPBHANDARI (talk • contribs) 03:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC) I agree. Many statements are unverifiable opinions, e.g. what people eat, and the unnecessary use of a regional word for which a perfectly good English word is available, e.g. saag is spinach. Ash (talk) 10:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. The article is 84 KB long. Many sections are full of information. To begin with, this article should be trimmed up by removing unnecessary sections that are already covered in other articles. Then it should be reorganized as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic Groups/Template. utcursch | talk 07:55, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow this article is full of nonsensical OR and uncited claims, with many a non-RS. Considering it represents upwards of 35 million people, it should be cleaned up pronto as it is very misleading. Trips (talk) 14:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I've started with the cleanup. To start with, I've trimmed the Origin section. I think the next should be the sections about the history of Jat people. The sections "Jat people in Islamic History", "Ancient Jat people Kingdoms", "Jat republics in Malwa", "Jat people in the pre-Aurangzeb period", "Jat People Kingdoms in Medieval India" can be merged into a single history section. Most of the content in these sections is already present in other articles, and there is no need for unnecessary repetition. utcursch | talk 14:15, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Continuing with the cleanup, I've merged several sections into a single "History" section. The information that I've removed already appears in several other articles (which also need cleanup). utcursch | talk 15:55, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Clean-up and consolidation of all articles dealing with Jats is needed urgently. Jats are getting a bad name.

I have noticed that recently there has been a proliferation of articles dealing with Jats, their history, culture, and so on. Much of it is very repetitive and very poorly (if more than amply) referenced with many wild and unproven statements being made.

Also there are claims made on other pages that certain historical people were Jats when these claims are really just claims - they don't provide anything approaching proof. For example, the articles on Yasodharman and his son Shiladitya both say that there is "proof" that they were Jats of the Virk clan. There is no real proof - the "evidence" seems to be solely based on the opiniojns of a couple of scholars on a reference in the Bijayagadh Stone Pillar Inscription that Yasodharman was "the Varika" - but nowhere are we given proof or even any good evidence that "Varika" = "Virk".

Even if it can be shown that Yasodharma was a Virk - there is no proof that he was also a Jat - as is eveidenced by the very confusing statement at the beginning of the poorly-written article on the Virks: "Virk (Hindi: (विर्क), Punjabi: ਵਿਰਕ) is a Jat gotra or clan.(the use of words :jats,rajputs,brahman,khattris,baniyas etc is evolutionary in the sense no strict line were drawn initialy and came up to solve the ethnographic puzzle which india had become after vedic times and (is!! still!!)was more related to the families occupation,and resulted in good level of racial difference as well as mixture,with a kernel of the original people and a infusion of people from the new comers in every caste at various periods in history.)" What sense I can make out of this verbal mess is that the Virks were a group of people of mixed background - and it is impossible to say that they were Jats, Rajputs, Brahmans or whatever.

Anyway - I don't want to get drawn again into interminable silly and ugly arguments with various fanatics who seem to have little regard for the truth and have regularly misrepresented and even directly misquoted a large variety of sources here in the Wikipedia (see the Archives of the Jat people and Indo-Aryan origin of Jats, for just a few of these pointless and frequently dishonest arguments.

Many of these articles should, I believe, be joined together and properly cross-referenced - at the moment there are too many articles and they are very difficult to find and they contain mountains of misleading and false information. And, seriously, with all due respect, does the Wikipedia really need so many separate articles on Jats, with so much duplication?

Among the articles which need to be consider shortening, combining or deleting are the following:

• Jat people
• Indo-Aryan origin of Jats
• Life and culture of Jats
• Origin of Jats from Shiva's Locks
• List of Jats
• Social customs of Jats
• Jats in the pre-Aurangzeb period
• The Jat Uprising of 1669
• The rise of Jat power
• Maharaja Suraj Mal
• Shiladitya
• Singhavarma
• Dabra, Rajasthan
• Shivi
• Sheokhand
• Tejaji
• History and study of the Jats
• History of the Jats
• The Jats, Their role in the Mughal Empire
• War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment
• Races as described by Megasthenes
• Ancient Jat Kingdoms
• Jat Kingdoms in Medieval India
• Jat Mahasabha
• Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad,Gwalior
• Jat clan system
• Jat people in Islamic History
• Jat people in Mahabharata period
• Jat people in Shāhnāma
• Jat states in Rajasthan
• Jathol
• Jatni
• List of Jats

And these are just the easy articles to find - there are many, many more dealing with bits of the same material.

Finally, there are separate articles on all these various subgroups (and probably others) which are all claimed to be Jats:

• Agaria
• Agre
• Ahlawat
• Andhak
• Asiagh
• Atri
• Aulakh
• Baiga
• Bajya
• Bal
• Balhara
• Bana
• Bhambu
• Bamraulia
• Beniwal
• Bhadu
• Bharhaich
• Bharia
• Bhati
• Bhind
• Bhopa
• Bhukar
• Budhwar
• Bishnois
• Buria
• Chahar
• Chaitha
• Cheema
• Dabas
• Dagur
• Dahiya
• Dalal
• Deshwal
• Dhaka
• Dhariwal
• Dhaulya
• Dudi
• Faujdar
• Gahlot
• Gana
• Gandhar
• Garewal
• Ghasal
• Godara
• Gora
• Gulia
• Hala
• Hooda
• Jat
• Jatrana
• Jatri
• Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad
• Jhajharia
• Johiya
• Joon
• Kalhan
• Kak
• Kakran
• Kaliramna Kang Karhwasra
• Kaswan
• Katewa
• Kaul
• Khichar
• Khirwar
• Khokhar
• Khoye Maurya,
• Korku
• Kulhari
• Kuntal
• List of Jat clans
• Maan
• Madrak
• Manda (clan)
• Mandiwal
• Marwaris
• Mathur
• Mehria
• Mirdha (tribe)
• Moond
• Mopla
• Naga
• Nagavanshi
• Nehra
• Nitharwal
• Ola
• Pachar
• Phogat
• Punia
• Rana
• Ranwa
• Rathi
• Saharia
• Saran
• Sahu (clan)
• Sangwan
• Sehrawat
• Shekhawat
• Sheoran
• Shivi
• Sikarwar
• Sinsinwar
• Sunda
• Suparnas
• Taank
• Takhar
• Takshak
• Tevatia
• Uppal
• Vanar
• Vijayrania
• Virk

With all due respect, do we really need so many separate articles on Jats in the Wikipedia? I hope someone can bring some sense and order into this morass of poorly-written material - much of it duplicated time and again, and much of it of very doubtful authenticity. This sort of misuse of the Wikipedia - mainly the result of a few disreputable abusers of this forum - people who time and again have been caught out misrepresenting the truth, will surely just lead to scorn and bring Jat people in general (undeservedly) a very bad name as braggarts and liars and make them a laughing-stock.

Please, editors - put a stop to this nonsense - it has really gone too far and for far too long. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 01:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello John, your dedication to this article is amazing. I am impressed, if you could come to Punjab and be my guest, i would serve you strong homemade country liqueur prepared by my own hands, better than scotch anytime. But dear you have got many facts wrong in this beautifully written article. It is ok, and i am not offended (i am a Jat). Soorma

I agree with Soorma that this Jat people article is a beautifully written article. With the help of many good editors, over the last 12 months, this article has become excellent addition to Wikipedia. Most of the Jat Sub-group information is correct when I have verified with western and Indian academic sources.--James smith2 (talk) 18:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Jats

All the data on Jats is wrong. the majority of Jats live in Haryanma over 8 million. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.88.88.153 (talk) 16:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

This troll (65.88.88.153) you can see from his talk page (65.88.88.153 talk) he has been warned many times but he still continues to troll. You have been warned many times on your talk page DO NOT troll. Moreoever, stop lieing your IP address is from the U.S. from New York Library and this has been confirmed on your talk page (65.88.88.153 talk). My advise to everyone please do NOT feed this troll or any other trolls that come here.--James smith2 (talk) 11:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Racist Trolls -Admins please do some hard policing against trolls

I agree with Soorma that this Jat people article is a beautifully written article. With the help of many good editors, over the last 12 months, this article has become excellent addition to Wikipedia. Most of the Jat Sub-group information is correct when I have verified with western and Indian academic sources. However, the REAL problem with this article is it attracts a lot of TROLLS who come on here and make accusations that "this wrong and that is wrong" without any references, just their opinion (POV). POV is not allowed on Wikipedia. If someone went on the Jewish people article and said "the holocaust never happened and the scholars who say the holocaust happened are lying" they would be banned on the stop by the administrators. In short, troll racism by trolls on the Jewish people article would not be tolerated. Why is the troll racism against Jat people being tolerated on this article? Why are racist troll attacks on this talk page against Jat people tolerated? In short I want administrators to clamp down hard on troll racism against Jat people. And to all respectable long time wikipedians to follow the GOLDEN RULE when dealing with TROLLS = DON'T FEED THE TROLLS.

How to spot a troll

Please do not feed the trolls.

• Rule 1. A troll will normally come the talk page and say "I think this wrong and that is wrong" WITHOUT references to back up their Opinion. They are mostly Anon ips or newly created troll/vandal accounts.

How should admins deal with trolls:

• They should say to the troll "where is your references?". Trolls usually just have POV (POV which is not allowed on Wikipedia) and no evidence/references just "I think".

• "I think" (without references) = POV, this not allowed on Wikipedia. Admins should show this type of behaviour no mercy and block on the spot or give a good hard warning and if the troll/vandal persists then block.

• To all long time wikipedians - simple Wikipedia rule to deal with trolls = DON'T FEED THE TROLLS.

• Wikipedia:Deny recognition

--James smith2 (talk) 18:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Clarification on what defines a Jat

Since Jats can be of several different faiths, speak several different languages, have many different occupations and share their homeland with non-Jats, I would like to respectfully suggest a clarification on what defines a particular individual as a Jat. Is it essentially family tradition that separates a Jat from a non-Jat? Wfgiuliano (talk) 07:43, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Some writing style improvements

Hello; I don't claim to know anything about this topic, but the writing needs improvement in several ways, and I am going to take a quick pass at it. I have started by tightening up the lead, and moving some information too detailed to belong there into the Origins section.Looie496 (talk) 20:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

More work: changed "People" section to "The People" and cleaned up the contents. I didn't originally intend to delete anything, but I ended up deleting the material about American/Canadian politicians, because it is silly. Nobody cares about state senators.Looie496 (talk) 20:36, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

More: changed "People Demographics" to "Demographics" and cleaned up the contents. I didn't intentionally change any of the information but may have done so inadvertantly, because some of it was very hard to understand. In any case there was obviously a lot of redundancy.Looie496 (talk) 21:29, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

More: rewrote Military and Politics and moved contents into "The People" section. I removed the list of medals because it is simply boasting and does not belong here.Looie496 (talk) 21:29, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Religious affiliations?

There's a problem here. An unregistered user working from IP 69.108.165.158 changed the table showing religious affiliations from 47% Hindu, 20% Sikh, 33% Islam to 2% Hindu, 85% Sikh, 13% Islam. I don't know which is correct, but no reference was given, and the accompanying graphic still shows the earlier numbers. This needs to be fixed one way or another.Looie496 (talk) 15:35, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Religion affiliations of Jats as par historian Kalika Ranjan Qanungo: History of the Jats, Delhi 2003. Edited and annotated by Dr Vir Singh is - Hinduism (47%),Sikhism ( 20%) and Islam (33%). This reference is very much cited above the table. Thanks --burdak (talk) 16:49, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

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Population and caste(s) of Jats

An unsigned and unreferenced claim has just been made that a "majority" of Jats live in Haryana and that this population = 8 million. Elsewhere in the article it is estimated that in 1988 there were 30 million Jats. If both these population estimates are correct, it is clearly impossible that the majority of Jats live in Haryana.

Furthermore, the claim is made that: "the Jats belong to the Kshatriya caste". Now, I am aware that this is a touchy subject - one on which there has already been much discussion in these pages - so I will leave the matter of which caste or castes Hindu and Sikh Jats belong to, but, as many Jats are Muslim, it is clearly wrong to imply that "[all] Jats belong to the Kshatriya caste". I have, therefore, reversed these edits. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 23:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Jats were never Kshatriyas. They are Sudra according to the formal caste system, but are more generally described as an independent ethnic group/caste by itself. Trips (talk) 08:03, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

This is a POV statement. How come they are Sudras? Jat as a warrior is Sudra? Jat as a ruler is Sudra? Jat as a farmer is Sudra? Jat as a businessman is Sudra?--burdak (talk) 16:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

It's not a POV statement, not all Sudra castes are servants in actuality, and there are many powerful warrior/peasant castes in India that are not official Kshatriyas, but Sudras officially. To be an official Kshatriya caste like a Rajput, the caste had to be in accordance to Vedic rituals, perform the Upanayanam and wear the sacred thread of the dviga/twiceborn, which the Jats didn't do traditionally, and for many possible reasons. Trips (talk) 11:17, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

When Rajput term had not been coined prior to 7th century, who were kshatriyas? Thanks. burdak (talk) 15:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Good point, it probably has something to do with many non-Vedic cultures being assimilated into Hinduism, some being favoured by the Vedic Brahmin elite and some not, for whatever reason. Its speculative. Heres Britannicas take:

"The Rājputs' origins seem to date from a great breakup of Indian society in northern and northwestern India under the impact of the Hephthalites (White Huns) and associated tribes from the mid-5th century onward. Following the breakup of the Gupta Empire (late 6th century), invading groups were probably integrated within the existing society, with the present pattern of northwestern Indian society being the result. Tribal leaders and nobles were accepted as Kshattriyas, the second order of the Hindus, while their followers entered the fourth (Śūdra, or cultivating) order to form the basis of tribal castes, such as the Jāṭs, the Gūjars, and the Ahīrs."

The majority of Jats were farmers traditionally, and I think Sudra also extends to farming/cultivating communities. Though I have heard of certain Jat clans claiming non-orthodox Nagavanshi Ksatriya lineage.Trips (talk) 06:41, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Jats in Deva Samhita

There is mention of Jats in Deva Samhitā in the form of powerful rulers over vast plains of Central Asia. When Pārvatī asks Shiva about the origin of Jats, their antiquity and characters of Jats, Shiva tells her like this in Sanskrit shloka-15 as under:

महाबला महावीर्या, महासत्य पराक्रमाः Mahābalā mahāvīryā, Mahāsatya parākramāḥ

सर्वाग्रे क्षत्रिया जट्‌टा देवकल्‍पा दृढ़-व्रता: Sarvāgre kshatriyā jattā Devakalpā dridh-vratāḥ || 15 ||

Meaning - "They are symbol of sacrifice, bravery and industry. They are, like gods, firm of determination and of all the kshatriyā, the Jats are the prime rulers of the earth."

Shiva explains Parvati about the origin of Jats in Shloka –16 of Deva samhita as under:

श्रृष्टेरादौ महामाये वीर भद्रस्य शक्तित: Shrishterādau mahāmāye Virabhadrasya shaktitaḥ

कन्यानां दक्षस्य गर्भे जाता जट्टा महेश्वरी Kanyānām Dakshasya garbhe jātā jatta maheshwarī. || 16 ||

Meaning – "In the beginning of the universe with the personification of the illusionary powers of Virabhadra and daughter of Daksha's gana's womb originated the caste of Jats."

Pārvatī asks, in the shloka-17 of 'Deva Samhitā' about the origin and exploits of the Jats, whom none else has so far revealed, Shiva tells Parvati that:

गर्व खर्चोत्र विग्राणां देवानां च महेश्वरी Garva kharchotra vigrānam devānām cha maheshwarī

विचित्रं विस्‍मयं सत्‍वं पौराण कै साङ्गीपितं Vichitram vismayam satvam Pauran kai sāngīpitam || 17 ||

Meaning - "The history of origin of Jats is extremely wonderful and their antiquity glorious. The Pundits of history did not record their annals lest it should injure and impair their false pride of the vipras and gods. We describe that realistic history before you."

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This description from Deva Samhita was earlier there in this article which has been deleted by somebody. This clearly proves that the Jats are the earliest kshatriyas. The last verse clearly indicates the forces behind not calling Jats as kshatriyas. Many of the Jat clans were here in India in Nagavansha.

Sudras have gegerally not adopted cultivation but worked mostly as landless labours or in other services. As farmers Jats are included in vaishyas and not Sudras. By no criteria they can be included in Sudras.

Regards, burdak (talk) 14:43, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

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Removed titles as per Wikipedia Manual of Style

I have just been through the article removing the proliferation of academic titles as per the "Wikipedia Manual of Style" - see: [1]. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 05:43, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Jat people in Pakistan

Please can knowledgeable Pakistani Jat people expand the Jat people in Pakistan section. Thanks.--Peter johnson4 (talk) 03:53, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Do the majority of Jats actually live in the Indian State of Haryana? Please stop the edit war!

Someone keeps adding the claim that "The majority of Jats live in the Indian State of Haryana", and each time it is removed. This is very boring indeed, and a waste of time for all concerned. If it can be verified from a reliable source would the anonymous editor please give a proper reference that it is true - if not would s/he please stop making unverified claims. Thank you, John Hill (talk) 11:33, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Given the wide range of IPs inserting that information, and given the level of discussion on the subject (none that I can see), I've semi-protected the article for 1 month. If there is evidence that the claim is accurate (and it doesn't seem that unreasonable, if there's data), then provide sources. If not, then editors will need to stop adding it to the article. Thanks, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 15:36, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

JAT ARE FROM CHANDRAVANSHI'S DHANGAR-SHEPHEREDS

Hi Dear All,

It is confirmed that we belongs to Chandravanshi's and Chandel are a part of Chandravansham. Also I would like to add more informations here that Chandravanshi's are known as Gwala/Gadaria/Shephereds. Because Lord Krishna was the shephereds. And we are all knwon as Gwala/Shephereds/Ahirs and very commonly known as Dhangars / Neekhars.

Earlier peoples known and recognised by their linage like Suryavanshi's, Chandravanshi's, Agnivanshi's but later on they adopted the name as Rajputs.

Originally we are SHEPHEREDS / GWALA known as (Chandravanshi' or Somavanshi's and in some part of country knwon as (Yaduvanshi's a part of Chandravanshi's). As regards to Gotra's - Chandel is a main gotra and again it is further divied into sub gotras e.g. Chandiya Chandel, Rahiya Chandel, Guiya Chandel, Mankiwale Chandel, Basedewale Chandel and Chandrayan.

A large part of Chandels are in PAL COMMUNITY which is known as PAL KSHATRIYA / PAL SHEPHEREDS.

We all have to project ourselves as CHANDRAVANSHI'S ...

MAIN STARS OF CHANDRAVANSHI'S OR GWALA-SHEPHEREDS ;

1) SHEPHERED SAMRAT - BHARAT 2) " " - LORD KRISHNA 2) " " - MAHARAJA YASHWANT RAO HOLKAR 3) " " - DEVI AHILYA BAI HOLKAR 4) " " - POET KALIDAS 5) " " - SANT KANAKDAS 6) " " - CHANDRAGUPT MOURYA 7) " " - SAMRAT ASHOK

Many more stars in Chandravansham. For more detail see the wikipedia.org (DHANGAR COLOUM) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lakhmi (talk • contribs) 04:52, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Reasons for reversing some recent changes

I have just reversed some recent changes in the "religion" section - not because I think what was there before was all that well written, but because much of what was there was replaced by a very poorly written section by Mr. Burdak ineptly trying to push his discredited Aryan agenda once again (and, this was also followed by someone's childish vandalism). Mr. Burdak had wiped out quite a long discussion and replaced it with the following: "A Jat is Jat with Jat characteristics, irrespective of the religion that had to change from time to time. The Jats being of Aryan stock, in the beginning professed Aryan faith." To this was added a referenced short statement to Jats early on taking up Buddhism - a subject dealt with further on in the article and, therefore, unnecessarily repetitious. It is sad to see Mr. Burdak at work once again mangling and distorting this important Wikipedia article - I hope other readers will also keep an eye out for such edits by him and his Aryan supremacist colleagues. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 01:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

This is wrong

Mr John Hill you seem to have personal bias and not very much interested in improving the article. I have clearly explained step by step development of the faith of the Jats in various religions. It is supported by references. Do not revert till it is well discussed. burdak (talk) 04:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Reply to Mr. Burdak

What on earth could you have possibly meant when you inserted the following sentences: "A Jat is Jat with Jat characteristics, irrespective of the religion that had to change from time to time. The Jats being of Aryan stock, in the beginning professed Aryan faith."?

This is totally meaningless. How would one define "Jat characteristics"? What does "A Jat is Jat with Jat characteristics" supposed to imply? (It sounds like you mean some kind of racial definition - but it is totally unclear). Also, what do you mean by "of Aryan stock"? Is there any such thing accepted by scholars and, if so, what percentage of your so-called "Aryan stock" would a Jat have to have to be able to call themselves a Jat? 100%, 50%, 1%? And how would you measure it? This is a complete nonsense. Finally, how do you define "Aryan faith" - and how can you be sure that ancient "Aryans" (whoever they were) only had one faith?

No, Mr. Burdak, your "reasoning" just does not make sense - but it does smell of the abhorrent racial "theories" you have promoted in these pages in the past so vigorously, which I don't believe should have a place in a general encyclopedia like this one. (If anyone is interested, see the Archives to this page for numerous examples.) Yours, John Hill (talk) 05:11, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Aryan

Mr John Hill, There is article on Aryan in Wikipedia which explains in detail what Aryans were. What do you think Jat religion prior to Buddhism ? burdak (talk) 11:37, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

REPLY

How about trying to answer my questions first before you start posing new ones? I also suggest you carefully read the article Aryan (which is very vague as to who the so-called "Aryans" really were) before claiming the Jats are "Aryan", except perhaps in the sense that Jats are probably partly descended from peoples now sometimes referred to by some as "Aryan" (whoever they were).

Why not just admit the strong probability that Jats are a group of people descended from a mixture of peoples (themselves each probably already of mixed ethnic backgrounds) who moved into the NW of the subcontinent and mixed with the peoples already there and have since defined themselves as a new ethnic or cultural entity called Jats? Why do you have such an obsession with the "racial purity" and "Aryan" background of Jats? It sounds as if you are ashamed of any other ancestors you might have had. It is really a most distasteful and unseemly position, not to mention unprovable. Yours, John Hill (talk) 12:19, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Genetics

I notice User:James smith2 has reversed the information I added showing the prevalence of the R1a haplotype amongst many "ethnic" groups, carefully removing references to the prevalence of this haplotype in groups not usually considered to be of "Indo-European" background (such as Ashkenazi Levite or "European" Jews), Kyrgyz (who are usually considered to be of "Turkic" background), Chaman populations and so on - thus inferring it is a DNA marker which is useful in identifying people as being of an "Indo-European" or "Aryan" background, which it certainly is not.

He has also added the quote: "The association with Indo-Scythian descent is so strong the British have often used haplotype matches with Jatt Sikhs as evidence of Scythian link." Now, first of all, this is a reference to one genealogical website of rather doubtful scholarship in which I cannot find any evidence that they claim (as he states) that "the British" (which British, one might well wonder) "have often used haplotype matches with Jatt Sikhs as evidence of Scythian link." This seems to be a figment of the imagination of James simth2.

This sort of misuse and construction of "evidence" from unreliable sources and selection of only the data that seems to support one's own position, and even twisting what is actually said in the reference, is really misleading and should not be tolerated in the Wikipedia. I will, therefore, reverse James smith2s recent edits. If he (or anyone else) is unhappy with this action, please discuss your reasons on this page. Yours sincerely, John Hill (talk) 02:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi I've replied on your talk page thanks.--James smith2 (talk) 06:03, 20 January 2009 (UTC)