In the last few posts the background to study the topic has been given.
Now the participants are requested to share the information in
their possession about the origin of the word "JAT".
If the first time use of the Word ''Jat'' is brought to light,
the identity of the community represented by this word,
--Jat--, would not be difficult to establish.
Is the word, Jat, denoting community available in Ancient literature like
Vedic, Buddhist, Jain, Later Vedic literature including Ramayana and
Mahabharata, and so on. Then one can proceed to Smiritis, Vyakaranas,
Arthasastras, epigraphy, numismatic etc.etc. Kindly share the information quoting source.