marwati
October 17, 2013, 4:25pm
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Re: Pashtuns vs Genghis khan’s Mongols
A few months back I did a thread here regarding Mahabharata, the people living in Punjab (maybe ruling Punjab were called Bahlika’s probably from Balkh). http://www.paklinks.com/gs/indo-pak-history/576722-western-tribes-of-mahabharata.html
The biggest tribes of Punjab like Jatts (are scythians), Gujjars and Rajputs all had Central Asian origin at some time but they are settled in the area for around 1500-2000 years. I feel the original inhabitants of Indus valley were Dravidians.
All the indo-aryans from stretching from punjab to bengal once migrated from central asia if history of aryan invasion is to be believed. I believe jats have indo-aryan/hindu roots rather than indo-iranian (scythians were eastern iranian people). If jats are scythians then why they are not considered indo-iranians?
http://www.jatland.com/home/Indo-Aryan_origin_of_Jats
The Jat people (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Hindi: [dʒaːʈ], Punjabi: [dʒəʈː]), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural caste in Northern India and Pakistan.[a][b][c] Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, By t...