ravichaudhary
February 2nd, 2005, 09:48 PM
Bhim Singh Dahiya has passed away.
Who was Bhim Singh Dahiya?
When did he pass away?
Why should we honour his memory?
During my just ended trip to India, I wished to meet this historian. I tried. To my deepest regret I learnt that he had passed away some time ago.
My immediate reaction was, why did I knot know about this earlier, indeed why did the wider community not know about his passing away?
Why was no memorial erected his in honour, why were his contributions not honored?
I have never met Bhim Singh Dahiya, and he was known to me only through his writings.
He was a Civil Servant, and following in the footsteps of other great civil servants, who devoted their time in academic pursuits, in 1982 he wrote is monumental book- “Jats the Ancient rulers”, published by Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.
It is out of print with them, and they proudly informed me that they have no intention of reprinting it
The work was republished by Dahinam Publishers , Sonepat, whom I tried to contact but was unsuccessful . Perhaps some member in Sonepat can help.
This book, a well-researched and referenced book, is written a free flowing, highly readable, and lucid manner. It is a reconstruction of the History of Jats from time immemorial. His linkage of the clan names/ Gotras to the existence of the Jats in Central Asia, and Europe, put a stamp on the histiography of the Jat History, for the people who could not have access to the works in Hindi or Urdu.
He brought out the Jat wars with Timur in Central Asia, which saga is augmented by other historians, of the pounding that Timur received at the hands of the Jats of the Sarv Khap of Haryana, which in itself is a story a little different from the versions taught it us in schools and colleges.
He brought out to the lay reader, that Chandra Gupta Maurya, the Kushans, the second Guptas, and Harshvardhan were Jats.
For an extract from his book – “ Introduction” see, the Files section
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/files/DAHIYA-%20Jats%20ancient%20rulers%20/
[For non members- membership is required for the files section, but that is only a click away – click on ‘join the group” all welcome
This was followed by a number of articles. One in particular was the treatment of the J and G letter and sounds Greek and English languages and the confusion it created. He showed how the G letter was a substitution for the J sound, as the J letter did not exist in the ancient Greek alphabet. The significance was in determining who the Guti were, whom the Chinese and Western and most Indian Historians know as the ‘Yueh Chi’, but are Jats, of whom Kushans were just one clan, not a people unto themselves.
In 1992, he brought out his next book- Rig Vedic Tribes and Aryans also published by Dahinam Publishers, Sonepat, Haryana. A group member was kind enough to send a copy and I grateful for that.
Here he demonstrated how over 80 Jat Goths, Gotras, clans could be traced back to the Rig Veda.
For someone trying to reconstruct a Jat history this becomes quite a relevant piece of primary evidence, for the story of the Jats can then be tracked back to the dawn of civilization, and of interest to the historian, the same clans can be found existing today.
Extracts of this book can be seen in messages
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/message/421
Jat Rishis in the Rig Veda
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/message/420
Jat Clans in the Rig Veda
Where does he fit in the histiography of the Jats
The pioneer Jat historian was Thakur Desraj, whose work of 1934, “ Jat Ithihass”. Liad pretty much the groud for the futrure.
R S Joon wrote his History of the Jats in urdu about 1938, and this was translated, expanded and republished in 1967
Both are online iin the files section
In the Hindi Stream we also have Mahendra Shastri, circa 1975, and a number of other authors whom I do not mention here , nut will elsewhere
In the English stream
They was followed by B S Dahiya in 1982
Dahiya in chronology was followed by Dilip Singh Ahlawat ( hindi-,Jat viron ka ithiass)in 1988 and Hukham Singn Pauria in 1992.
Great historians who also have sadly passed away.
Dahiya Sahib’s contributions are not in doubt.
Many of us who desired to know more about the Jats, their history and culture, owe much to Bhim Singh Dahiya, and we will remain eternally grateful to this intellectual of stature who made it possible for us to gain just that knowledge.
If other members know about him, his life, please do post the information. Any unpublished material will be welcome.
Indeed if some enterprising member can come up with some material, let have a web page devoted to him. We can host this on any of the many sites that are now exist, and are coming up. The more the better.
Dudhee Sahib will be please to host this on his site http://********.net/
Any other ideas to honour his memory and contribution will be welcome
Ravi
Who was Bhim Singh Dahiya?
When did he pass away?
Why should we honour his memory?
During my just ended trip to India, I wished to meet this historian. I tried. To my deepest regret I learnt that he had passed away some time ago.
My immediate reaction was, why did I knot know about this earlier, indeed why did the wider community not know about his passing away?
Why was no memorial erected his in honour, why were his contributions not honored?
I have never met Bhim Singh Dahiya, and he was known to me only through his writings.
He was a Civil Servant, and following in the footsteps of other great civil servants, who devoted their time in academic pursuits, in 1982 he wrote is monumental book- “Jats the Ancient rulers”, published by Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.
It is out of print with them, and they proudly informed me that they have no intention of reprinting it
The work was republished by Dahinam Publishers , Sonepat, whom I tried to contact but was unsuccessful . Perhaps some member in Sonepat can help.
This book, a well-researched and referenced book, is written a free flowing, highly readable, and lucid manner. It is a reconstruction of the History of Jats from time immemorial. His linkage of the clan names/ Gotras to the existence of the Jats in Central Asia, and Europe, put a stamp on the histiography of the Jat History, for the people who could not have access to the works in Hindi or Urdu.
He brought out the Jat wars with Timur in Central Asia, which saga is augmented by other historians, of the pounding that Timur received at the hands of the Jats of the Sarv Khap of Haryana, which in itself is a story a little different from the versions taught it us in schools and colleges.
He brought out to the lay reader, that Chandra Gupta Maurya, the Kushans, the second Guptas, and Harshvardhan were Jats.
For an extract from his book – “ Introduction” see, the Files section
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/files/DAHIYA-%20Jats%20ancient%20rulers%20/
[For non members- membership is required for the files section, but that is only a click away – click on ‘join the group” all welcome
This was followed by a number of articles. One in particular was the treatment of the J and G letter and sounds Greek and English languages and the confusion it created. He showed how the G letter was a substitution for the J sound, as the J letter did not exist in the ancient Greek alphabet. The significance was in determining who the Guti were, whom the Chinese and Western and most Indian Historians know as the ‘Yueh Chi’, but are Jats, of whom Kushans were just one clan, not a people unto themselves.
In 1992, he brought out his next book- Rig Vedic Tribes and Aryans also published by Dahinam Publishers, Sonepat, Haryana. A group member was kind enough to send a copy and I grateful for that.
Here he demonstrated how over 80 Jat Goths, Gotras, clans could be traced back to the Rig Veda.
For someone trying to reconstruct a Jat history this becomes quite a relevant piece of primary evidence, for the story of the Jats can then be tracked back to the dawn of civilization, and of interest to the historian, the same clans can be found existing today.
Extracts of this book can be seen in messages
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/message/421
Jat Rishis in the Rig Veda
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/message/420
Jat Clans in the Rig Veda
Where does he fit in the histiography of the Jats
The pioneer Jat historian was Thakur Desraj, whose work of 1934, “ Jat Ithihass”. Liad pretty much the groud for the futrure.
R S Joon wrote his History of the Jats in urdu about 1938, and this was translated, expanded and republished in 1967
Both are online iin the files section
In the Hindi Stream we also have Mahendra Shastri, circa 1975, and a number of other authors whom I do not mention here , nut will elsewhere
In the English stream
They was followed by B S Dahiya in 1982
Dahiya in chronology was followed by Dilip Singh Ahlawat ( hindi-,Jat viron ka ithiass)in 1988 and Hukham Singn Pauria in 1992.
Great historians who also have sadly passed away.
Dahiya Sahib’s contributions are not in doubt.
Many of us who desired to know more about the Jats, their history and culture, owe much to Bhim Singh Dahiya, and we will remain eternally grateful to this intellectual of stature who made it possible for us to gain just that knowledge.
If other members know about him, his life, please do post the information. Any unpublished material will be welcome.
Indeed if some enterprising member can come up with some material, let have a web page devoted to him. We can host this on any of the many sites that are now exist, and are coming up. The more the better.
Dudhee Sahib will be please to host this on his site http://********.net/
Any other ideas to honour his memory and contribution will be welcome
Ravi