Common Ancestry of Jatt Names
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The Common Ancestry of Jat names in both Europe and South Asia has been observed. At timesCentral Asian tribes classified as Indo-Iranian/Indo-European/Indo-Aryan migrated into both Europe and South Asia. These tribes may have originated from South Asia and spread into Central Asia also. [1] Jat Gotras, forming the basis of surnames, have initially been created in the name of a person, a place or some historical incidence. When in a generation a great person takes birth all the previous titles of this generation are included in the name of this great person and a new gotra starts in his name.
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[edit] Surnames
Contemporary Jatt surnames are named after tribal/clan/caste/gotra names.These tribal names have been around for thousands of years, finding mention in ancient Hindu texts. Likewise, European surname-keeping started soon after the Germanic migration/invasions into Northern Europe settled down around 1000 A.D. and were also likely to be based off ancient tribal/clan names.
[edit] Common Ancestry
See Jatt article for more information. History shows that between the range of 1000 to 3000 years ago (1000 B.C. through 1000 A.D.), Central Asian tribes classified as Indo-Iranian/Indo-European/Indo-Aryan (though the latter is not politically correct) migrated into both Europe and South Asia. These tribal names stayed intact in some places which were settled such as India due to a strong tradition of heritage preservation. (Alternatively, these tribes may have originated from South Asia and spread into Central Asia, see Sengupta[1])
In general the Nordic and Celtic tribes went into Scandinavia and Northern Europe earlier, while the Slavic groups of tribes migrated into Northern Asia. Later on, such tribes as the Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians and the Huns also spread. Germanic tribes, perhaps as related to the Nordic, came latest in contemporary history. The Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, etc. overran the faltering Roman Empire. All of these have presupposed common "Aryan" descent from the original Indo-European inhabitants of Central Asia. Indo-Iranian is the preferred term, as Iran translates literally to 'Aryan' and has the most ancient verifiable civilization of the Aryan groups.
Alexander The Great also introduced Greek influence into the South Asian region at around the same time as the Scythians. It is noteworthy that he skirmished with Scythians along the way (and is reputed to have built the Caspian Gates).
In contemporary scholarship, the Jats of Northern India (found today in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India) are opined to be from the Scythian, Saka, White Hun, Yuezhi, Parthian, Greco-Bactrian migrations/settlements/invasions into the region in the immediate period starting from a few centuries B.C. to a few centuries A.D. The history of the individual tribes would shed more light on their specific ancestry.
Historians, anthropologists, and military leaders alike from the British Empire remarked on the physical, cultural, and linguistic similarity between the Jatts and other Indo-European groups nearby such as the Pashtun of Afghanistan, or the Persians. The caucasian look as it was known at the time, though not predominating through the entire group as it did with the Pashtun or Persians, was common amongst the Jatts.
[edit] British Opinion and Remarks
From Dr. B.S. Dhillon's History and Study of the Jats
- Colonel Sleeman: General Sir MacMunn wrote in his book, "To him (Dalip Singh-a Jat and the last king of the Sikh kingdom) his friend Colonel Sleeman, the famous Indian political officer, wrote, " I see you are going to live in Kent (Kingdom of Kent) (a district in South-East England). You will be among your own people there, for you are a Jat and the men of Kent are Jats from Jutland", and no doubt he (Col. Sleeman) was speaking ethnological truth".
- General Sir MacMunn wrote about the arrival of Indian troops in France during the World War I, "The Jat Sikhs mighty and curled of beard, kin perhaps to the men of Kent, the Jutes from Jutland".
- Professor Owen, F., (A Canadian Professor) wrote, "In the shape of face, stature and general physical build the Sikhs approximates the Nordic type". Over seventy per cent of the Sikhs belong to the Jat background.
- Colonel Tod. J. said, "At this time (A.D. 449) the Jut brothers, Hengist and Horsa, led a colony from Jutland and founded the kingdom of Kent (Cant'hi, a coast in Sanskrit, as in Gothic Konta7). The laws they there introduced, more especially the still prevailing one of a gavelkind, where all the sons share equally, except the youngest who has a double portion, are purely Scythian, and brought by the original Goth from the Jaxartes (in Central Asia, the birthplace of the South Asian Jats). Asi was the term applied to the Getes, Yeuts, or Juts, when they invaded Scandinavia and founded Jutland. Now the Su, Yuchi, or Yuti, are Getes according to De Guignes. ... Marco Polo calls Cashgar (in North-West China) where he was the birthplace of the Swedes. De. La Croix adds, that in 1691 Sparvenfeidt, the Swedish ambassador at Paris, told him he has read in Swedish chronicles that Cash gar was their country. In Transoxiana (Central Asia) they (Huns or Mongol people) mixed with the Su, the Yuti or Getes (Jats), who were particularly powerful and extended into Europe".
[edit] Comparison
Comparison of European Surnames with present-day Indian Jats.
European surname - Indian Jat surname
(de) Gaule - Gaul(an)
(de) Benville - Beniwal
Ander(son) - Andar/Ainder
Aurer - Aurer/Orar
Ahlwardt - Ahlawat
Dabs - Dabas
Dahl - Dahal
Brahm - Brahm(an)
Alan - Aulan
Baines/Baynes - Bains
Bissel - Bisla
Bal - Bal
Burr - Bura
Cath/Gatti - Katt(Gath)wal
Cook/Kuk - Kuk(ar)
Dam/Dammen - Dama/Dhaman
Danak/Donker - Dhankhar (Dhankar of Rigveda)
Dillon - Dhillon
Dorival - Dhariwal
Daullet - Dulat
Eng/Ang/Engal - Anga(l)
Varing/Bring - Bring
Prod - Paroda
Galt/Kelt/Celt - Galat
George - Jarj
Gill - Gill
Gode - Godha/Godara
Got/Gott/Gaut/Goth - Gat/Cut
Hall - Hala
Ola - Ola
Hood - Hooda
Jun/Junas - Jun/Joon
Kahl _ Kahl(on)/Kallan
Killick - Kalkil/Kilkal
Klar - Kalar
Korb - Kharab
Lamb/Lambe - Lamba
Latmar - Lathmar
Latter - Lather
Laur - Lohar/Lohvar (founded lahore)
Legg - Legh/Legha
Luther - Luther
More/Moor - Mor/Maur(ya) of Asoka's fame
Mack - Machher
Madden - Madan
Mader - Maderna
Mander - Manda/Mander
Mann - Mann
Mayer/Meir - Mayer
Mahil/Mahill/Mohi/Mohill/Mohilander/Morehill - Mohil
Nash - Nassar (sanskrit- Naisya)
Neubauer - Nauber/Nohwar
Noel - Nal/Nyol
Noon - Nun
Nutt - Nat
Orr - Orrer/Aurer
Piggott - Phogat
Parrott - Paroda
Reid/Read - Riad/Riar
Rose - Roj/Raj
Dodd - Dodd(wal) of Maoo village of Baghpat in UP
Dood - Dudi
Todd - Tudi
Sapir - Sapra
Sandu - Sandhu/Sindhu
Schhiller/Chhiller - Chhiller
Seymour/Seamer - Simar
Shore - Shor/Shoran/Sheoran
Tatran - Tatran
Thacker - Thakkar/Thakran
Teut(on) - Teotia/Tewatia
Torr - Tur (The Turanians)
"This list can be similarly multiplied to any length. This 100% commonality of tribal names presupposes common origins and this can not be later than 1000 BC." - Dr. S. K. Tewatia
