Indian History is written more in terms varnas ,that so and so king was from Kastriya cast and so and so was from Brahmana or Sudra cast.

Though we find brahmana and can identify sudra with some groups but there have always been a short of contest on claims to kashtriya by various groups as jats gujjars and rajputs.

There is a discussion going on jat gujjar relation on another jat history site and this post has been taken from there.Here persian sources explains that it is only jats and gujjar that can say we are kashtriyas and out of these two since jat are ancient they can only be kashtriyas.


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The oldest tribe of warriors in Indian history is termed as that of
Kashtriya

Now since Gujjars are related even by gujjar historians to yehzhi and
huns and yehzi themselves first fought with Sindhus we safely, can
conclude that Sindhu jats are the ancient warriors among northwestern
part of this continent inhabiting before kushans or huns the stock
that gave birth to gujjars.

So naturally these ancient native warriors were termed Kashtriyas .

To be more precise Jats were always called Kashtriyas.

Now What about other neo groups that call themselves today
kashtriyas.Is History silent about them???.

No, all ancient persian sources say clearly that though Kashtriyas
which is Jats are an ancient race Rajputs are a later term .There can
be some discrepancies about the dates or number of years some kings
ruled or lived but the events recorded many centuries earlier are
even found true today also .

They have same narration regarding Rajput tribe origin ...

Quote History of India ..kamgar husyani garyat han ,hawajah..


Sorce ..http://persian.packhum.org/persian/


The infidels of Khatá, Khutan (Tartary), ChÃ*n, and Hind deny that the
deluge of Noah reached their country, or rather they have no belief
at all in the deluge. It is the belief of some (Hindús) that the
Bráhman and KhatrÃ* castes have existed from the most ancient times.
There are many other castes which came into existence at the end of
the Dwápar Yúg or third age, and the beginning of the KalÃ* Yúg or
fourth age. Thus the Rájpúts were not known at first, but sprang into
existence in later times. After the death of Rájá BikramájÃ*t KhatrÃ*,
who lived 1600 and some years before the time in which I write, they
(the Rájpúts) attained the sovereign power, and the manner of their
gaining it is thus related: According to a custom which is still
prevalent, the ráÃ*s of the KhatrÃ*s make their damsels wait upon them
during the day, but give them liberty to do as they please at night;
so each fair one chooses whom she will, and gives birth to children.
These are brought up with great care, and are looked upon as the
children of the great ráÃ*s. As sons of the house, they consider
themselves as of noble birth, and call themselves sons of the Rájás.
If you ask one of them whose son he is, he will tell you he is a
Rájpút, that is, son of a Rájá; for Raj means the same as Rájá, and
pút signifies "son." It is related that the sons of Rájá Súraj, whose
history will be told subsequently, were called Rájpúts.