History of Origin of Some Clans in India/Jat From Jutland/The Jat Designs During Aurangzeb's Reign

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History of Origin of Some Clans in India

(with special Reference to Jats)

By Mangal Sen Jindal (1992)

Publisher - Sarup & Sons, 4378/4B, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, ISBN 81-85431-08-6


The text of this chapter has been converted into Wiki format by Laxman Burdak

Chapter 1: Jat From Jutland


The Jat Designs During Aurangzib's Reign

Professor Jadunath Sarkar has recently secured from the Jaipur State archives copies of many hundreds of official letters


History of Origin of Some Clans in India:End of p.86


and news-sheets (akhbarat-i-darbar-muale) sent to Rajahs Bishun Singh and Swai Jai Singh by their agents at the Imperial Court. These came to hand after my History had been printed, and hence I can give here only a brief summary of the new facts thus brought to light about the acti vity of the Jat rebels during the last two decades of the reign of Aurangzib."

"In these letters, the audacious Jats are invariably designated Jat-i-badzat (the Jat of evil breed). This clearly indicates the important fury of the Mughal Government, which knew not how to suppress them. The sphere of the marauding activity of the Jats, as these letters illustrate, extended from Mathura, to the border of Jaipur; and from the hills of Miwat to the bank of the Chambal. Peace and order fled from this region. The roads became so unsafe that Rs. 200 used to be demanded as escort hire for accompanying a caravan only from Agra to Dholpur. Merchants and wayfarers could travel only under passes bought for a heavy price from the free booting Jat leaders. Among the strongholds of the Jats in that period Sinsani, Sogor, Sonkh, and Wair are often mentioned." History of Jats by Qanungo, page 341.