1. We do have common clan names among the Jats and Rajputs. Today they are taken as separate and different communities. One example is Tomar. That means that we have more than one branch of Tomars
. There were times when the terms Rajput or Jat as they are understood today were not in currency in the sense in which the arte today. I think we are obliged to ask questions and find answers. To my mind one plausible explanation is that there were times hen there was only one type of Tomars-the ancestors.