A History of the Mahrattas v1.c23.44
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c23.44
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² [The Jāts (Jhats) are probably a tribe of Hun descent. A tradition exists in the Panjāb that the Jāts belong to the same stock as the Rājpūts, and it seems certain that the Rājpūts, Jāts and Gūjars are ethnically akin. But their respective status has changed in the course of centuries, the Rājpūts having become the aristocratic body, while the Jāts and Gūjars have remained agriculturists and cattle-raisers. (Crooke in J. R. Anth. I., xl. 1910.)]