History of India, as it is taught in our schools, colleges and universities, leaves many questions unanswered. In the last 70 rears quite a few books in Hindi came on the subject; notable by Th. Desh Raj Singh, Kaviraj Dr. Yogender Pal Shastri, Capt. Dilip Singh Ahlawat and Sri B.S. Dahiya, "JATS THE ANCIENT RULERS" in English. jats have a proud history, but no historian. They have long memories, but little sense of history. Their record in patriotic velour is glorious.
In India, after the resurrection of Hinduism against Budhism by Adi Sharachaya, Kumaril Bhatt and Ramanujam, the castle-Brahim became the sole arbiter of new order and hierarchy. They distorted history and social precedence to suit them. The Jat's spirit of freedom and equality refused to submit to brahmanical Hinduism. That part of Kshatriyas (Martial Races) who accepted the Brahmanical Supremacy unconditionally became the favourites and were given dignified name of Raj-Putra (Son of Kings), the modern-day Rajputs. The other portion of the Kshatriyas, who joined Hinduism late reluctantly in a group (jat) and never accepted the hegemony of Brahmins drew their censure and contempt. The Indo-Scythian theory, associated with the names of some of the greatest scholars in the field of Indian History and Ethnology, has so long held the field and stifled doubt by the force of autho- rity. V. A. Smith, the last learned champion of this theory, says "When the numerous Bala, Indo-Scythian, Gujjar, and Huna tribes of the 6th century horde settled, their princely houses were accepted as Rajput, while those who frankly took to agriculture became Jat." Elsewhere he remarks, "There is reason for believing that the Jats entered India later than the Gujjars, rather about the same time."
