jat was the most democratic, self reliant and practical person
he never knew god or knew it more than n e body else. but always relied upon a leader in war. its leaders were always elected like indra, jatau-jatan, jat of jats n king of kings, as he is mentioned in rigveda.
jats simplicity can be judged from the fact that he easily adopted islam, sikh, christienity, hinduism, bisnoi, kabirpanthi, jainism, budhism, judaism, ....
but remained jat first.
rk ji
like ur logic what i liked most about indo-european where india is b4 european, similar was jat; jat sikh, jat muslim, jat hindu, jat christien, jat bisnoi etc.
even budhism n jainism could never stop a well determined jat from his martial characteristics.
jat is a jat first because its more ancient than his other suffixes behind him except for his clan name.