Oldest historical reference of JATS!!!

[nittoo]

The following passage may be helpfull to the scholars of Jat history----

"In 838 the same Calif(Mutsim) deported the Zutt or Jatt to Cilicia thus rendering them innocuous after their 3 years rebellion.These were ancestors of the gypsies,who had migrated into the region of lower Tigris from India before the Islamic period."

by G.E Von grunebaum,"Classical Islam"(a history 600-1258).

[lrburdak]

We find mention of Jat in Mahabharata. Mahabharata Shalya Parva section 45 says, "Listen now to the names of those other combatants armed with diverse weapons and clad in diverse kinds of robes and ornaments, that Skanda procured: ....Akshasantarjana, Kunadika, Tamobhrakrit, Ekaksha, Dwadasaksha, Eka Jata ... Beholding the installation of Kartikeya, These and many other mighty companions, O king, came to the high-souled and illustrious Kartikeya". <ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m09/m09045.htm Mahabharata Shalya Parva section 45]</ref>This has been illustrated in following shlokas in the online edition of Mahabharata in Sanskrit alongwith Devanagari as under:

:अक्षसंतर्जनॊ राजन कुनथीकस तमॊ ऽभरकृत akṣasaṃtarjano rājan kunadīkas tamo 'bhrakṛt <ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/mbs/mbs09044.htm Mahabharata in Sanskrit Ch-44/53]</ref>

:एकाक्षॊ थवाथशाक्षश च तदैवैक जटः परभुः ekākṣo dvādaśākṣaś ca tathaivaika jaṭaḥ prabhuḥ <ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/mbs/mbs09044.htm Mahabharata in Sanskrit Ch-44/54]</ref>


The Jat historian [[Dharmpal Singh Dudee]], has explained the above mahabharata legend, in which Brahma nominated Swami Kartikeya as senapati of all the beings and performs his coronation on this position. On the occasion of coronation, Swami Kartikeya received various offerings from manifold people. One of these was a chief of all the senapatis (generals) named Jat. <ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, [[Dharmpal Singh Dudee]], Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 , Page 2</ref> This shloka reads in [[Sanskrit]] as under:

अक्षः सन्तर्जनो राजन् कुन्दीकश्च तमोन्नकृत।

एकाक्षो द्वादशक्षश्च तथैवैक जटः प्रभु ।।

Translation- O Rajan! Akshaḥ santarjana, kundīka, tamonnakrata, ekāksha, dwādashāksha and a 'Jat' the chief lord offered to Swami Kartikeya.

Thus appearance of Jat name in Mahabharata along with Brahma shows that name of Jat is as antique as Brahma.<ref>Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, [[Dharmpal Singh Dudee]], Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 , Page 2</ref>
The famous Sanskrit scholar Panini of 900 BCE has mentioned in the Sanskrit shloka as

जट झट संघाते Jat Jhat Sanghate

This means Jat is a democratic federation. He has mentioned about many Jat tribes settled in Punjab and North west areas.

The Arabian traveller Al-biruni has mentioned that Lord Krishna was a Jat.


The next mention we have of Jats is in the sentence in the grammar of Chandra of the fifth century as under:

अजय जर्टो हुणान Ajay Jarto Hunan

This means that Jats conquered Huns. This inscription of Mandsaur also indicates that Yasodharman, the ruler of Malwa, was a Jat.

[smeker]

Lord Krishna was jat?
Anyway HAre Krishna HAre Krishna HAre Krishna

[dndeswal]

Lord Krishna was jat?
Anyway HAre Krishna HAre Krishna HAre Krishna

Yes, if you believe the following article at Jatland Wiki:

http://www.jatland.com/home/Krishna (http://www.jatland.com/home/Krishna)<O:p</O:p<O:p</O:p
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Also see my thread SHRIKRISHNA – The Greatest Yogi Of All Times (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19324)
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[lrburdak]

Kartikeya (कार्तिकेय) was son of Shiva and the brother of Ganesha. He is also known as Skanda. Skanda is believed to give name to Scandinavia.

According to Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria)[1], It may not be out of place to mention here, as confirmed by N.S. Chaudhary[2] on the authority of Shiva-Stotra, one of the generals of Kartikeya (Skanda) carried name "Jata". It is well known fact that in the Deva-Asura war Kartikeya (Skanda) commanded the forces of the former, and it is quite plausible to believe that the warriors (later known to Panini as Ayuddhajivi ganas), led by general called Jata, became famous as Jata in history. We have also reason to believe that Panini, when used the phrase 'Jata jhata sanghate' (denoting union or federation or confederation or binding together, etc.), took his clue from the Jata general's role in fomenting unity in the warriors against Asuras. Jata general is also believed to give name Jutland.

References

1. ↑ Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria):The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity & Migrations, Rohtak, 1993, p. 342 ISBN 81-85235-22-8
2. ↑ Niranjan Singh Chaudhary, Jat Prasanottari (Hindi), Jat Hitkari Prakashan, Vrindavan, New Delhi, p. 14