History Of The Jats : A Contribution To The History Of Northern India

The Jats are one of the most important races among the Indian Population today as during the Muslim period and their traditions go back to dim antiquity. The regions mainly occupied by them are Northern Western and Central part of India. The race forms the backbone of agriculture community in the Punjab Sindh Rajasthan and the western portion of Gangetic Doab. The Jats had been a compact people having community of blood community of Language and a common religion. But at present about one third of them are muslims one fifth Sikhs and the rest are Hindus.