History of the Jats

Author: K R QanungoPublisher: LP PublicationsYear: 2003Language: EnglishPages: 226ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175362995 DescriptionThe Jats are one of the most important races among the Indian population today. A critical study of the past history of such a race on the basis of all the available material cannot fail to be a subject of deep interest and instruction to all Indians. This book presents a comprehensive study on this race. All known sources, printed and manuscript, Persian, Marathi, French and English, have been utilized here, and this History of the Jats represents a synthesis never attempted before. In his History of the Jats, Prof.Qanungo has not been content to be a closet student of written records. He has lived and worked among the Jat boys of his former college at Delhi, he has won their love and confidence and has visited their historic places and tribal gatherings and talked with old Jats whose memories are richly stored with the past. The information he has thus gath