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Jats
The Jat people (Hindi: [dʒaːʈ], Punjabi: [dʒəʈː]), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries. Of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths, they are now found mostly in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and the Pakistani regions of Sindh, Punjab and AJK.
By the 20th century, the landowning Jats became an influential group in several parts of North India, including Punjab, Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. Over the years, several Jats abandoned agriculture in favour of urban jobs, and used their dominant economic and political status to claim higher social status.
The Arabic term "Zutt" is derived from Jat, but referred generally to most tribes of the Indus valley, including non-Jat tribes such as the Qufs, Andaghars, and Sayabijas.
In the Sindhi language, there are three words which can be romanized as Jat, those being:
During Mughal rule, the term "Jat" began to be loosely synonymous with "peasant" in the Punjab region. In West Punjab and the NWFP, "Jat" and "Rajput" were seen more as socioeconomic titles rather than ethnic identities.
The Jats of Afghanistan refer to several nomadic ethnic groups distinct from Indic Jats.
A female Jat is often known as Jatni.
The Jats are a paradigmatic example of community-identity-formation in the early modern Indian subcontinent. "Jat" is an elastic label applied to a wide-ranging community from simple landowning peasants to wealthy and influential Zamindars.
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Jats
The Jat people (Hindi: [dʒaːʈ], Punjabi: [dʒəʈː]), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries. Of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths, they are now found mostly in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and the Pakistani regions of Sindh, Punjab and AJK.
By the 20th century, the landowning Jats became an influential group in several parts of North India, including Punjab, Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. Over the years, several Jats abandoned agriculture in favour of urban jobs, and used their dominant economic and political status to claim higher social status.
The Arabic term "Zutt" is derived from Jat, but referred generally to most tribes of the Indus valley, including non-Jat tribes such as the Qufs, Andaghars, and Sayabijas.
In the Sindhi language, there are three words which can be romanized as Jat, those being:
During Mughal rule, the term "Jat" began to be loosely synonymous with "peasant" in the Punjab region. In West Punjab and the NWFP, "Jat" and "Rajput" were seen more as socioeconomic titles rather than ethnic identities.
The Jats of Afghanistan refer to several nomadic ethnic groups distinct from Indic Jats.
A female Jat is often known as Jatni.
The Jats are a paradigmatic example of community-identity-formation in the early modern Indian subcontinent. "Jat" is an elastic label applied to a wide-ranging community from simple landowning peasants to wealthy and influential Zamindars.