View source for Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)

<center> '''Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)'''
  
by [[Bhim Singh Dahiya]], [[IRS]]

First Edition 1980 
 
Publisher:   Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd, AB/9 Safdarjang Enclave, 
New Delhi-110064
 
Introduction from book available Online on Jatland wiki
</center>
----
<center>
Siddhirastu !

Pustirastu !

Santirastu !

(Let there  be success !   Let there be increase !   Let there be tranquillity !)

• from Bijaygarh Pillar Inscription of Vishnuvardhana Virk. 428 Saka Era.

'''Introduction'''
</center>
----

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Introduction|Introduction]] .... vii  

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/List of Abbreviations|List of Abbreviations]] .... xxi 

1 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/The Jats|The Jats]] .... 1 

2 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Relationship with the Aryans|Relationship with the Aryans]] .... 81 

3 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/The Mandas|The Mandas]] .... 127 

4 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Porus and the Mauryas|Porus and the Mauryas]] .... 138 

5 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/The Empire of the Dharan Jats, Misnamed Guptas|The Empire of the Dharan Jats, Misnamed Guptas]] 175 

6 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Harsha Vardhana : Linkage and Identity|Harsha Vardhana : Linkage and Identity]] .... 201 

7 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India|Jat Clan in India]] .... 230 

8 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/The Antiquity of the Jats 293 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices|Appendices]] ....  316 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Bibliography|Bibliography]] ....  346 

*[[Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Index| Index]] ....  352 



== Abbreviations used in [[B S Dahiya]]'s books ==
*AA - Ariana Antique
*ABORI - Annals of Bhandarkar Oriental  *Research Institute, Poona,
*AIS - 	Alberuni's India, by Sachau.
*AIG - The Age of Imperial Guptas.
*AIU -	The Age of Imperial Unity.
*AN&M -	The Age of Nandas and Mauryas.
*ASR - Archaeological Survey (of *India) Reports.
*ASI - Archaeological Survey of India.
*ASIAR - Archaeological Survey of India *Annual Reports.
*Ait. Br. - Aitereya Brahmana.
*AMMK - Arya Manjusri   Mula   Kalpa   (K.P.   Jayaswal).  In Imperial History of India.
*BBKI - Brihad Bharat Ka Itihas  (2 Vol. in Hindi) by Bhagvata Datta.
*Bmd P. - Brahmanda Purana.
*Br, - Brahmana.
*BSOAS - Bulletin of the   School   of Oriental and African Studies (University of London).
*BRWW - Buddhist Records of the Western World, by S. Beal.
*CAH - Cambridge Ancient History.
*CII - (or Corp.  Ins.  Ind.)  Corpus  Inscriptionum Indicarum.
*CCIM - Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (V.A. Smith, 1906).
*DKI - The Purana Text of the Dynasties of Kali Age (F.E. Pargiter).
*DS - Daivata Samhita, by S.D. Satavalekar, 1943 (4 Vol. in Hindi).
*DHNI - Dynastic History of North India (H.C. Ray).
*EHI - Early History of India (V.A. Smith).
*EHNI - Ethnic History of North India (S. Chatopadhyaya).

*EB - Encyclopaedia Brittanica.
*EI - Epigraphica Indica.
*ESM - Eransahr Nach der   Geographic des   Ps   Moses (or Eransahr)		Xorenac-i, by J. Marquart, Berlin 1901.
*HC - Harshacharita by Bag a Bhatta.
*HCIP - History and Culture of Indian People.(Majumdar and Pusalkar).
*HHC- Heou Han Chau (History of later Han Dynasty by Fan ye).
*HIOH -	History of India, as told by its Own Historians (Elliot and Dowson).
*HVI -	Hindi (Translation of)  Vedic   Index of Macdonnell & Keith by Ram Kumar Rai 1962).
*IA -Indian Antiquary.
*IC - Indian Culture, Calcutta.
*IHQ - Indian Historical Quarterly.
*Invasion - Invasion of India by  Alexander the Great by J.W. Me Crindle.
*ICR - Indian Coins (by Rapson, E.J.)-
*JA - Journal Asiatique,
*JAOS - Journal of American Oriental Society.
*JASB - Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal.
*JBBRAS - Journal of Bombay Branch of Royal Asiatic Society.
*JBORS		Journal of Bihar and Orissa Research Society.
*JIH - Journal of Indian History.
*JNSI - Journal of Numismatic Society of India.
*JRAS - Journal of Royal Asiatic Society.
*JKI - Jat Kshatriya Itihas (in Hindi) by Y. P.  Shastri (1944).
*JPASB - Journal and Proceedings  of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
*KSIU - Kushan Studies in  USSR   (B.  Gafurov  & others, Calcutta 1970).
*MAKI - Madhya Asia Ka Itihas (2 Vol. in Hindi by Rahula Sankrityayana).
*MASI - Memoirs of Archaeological Survey of India.
*MBT - Mahabharata.
*Mark. - Markandeya Purana.
*NHIP - New History of Indian People.
*P. - Purana,
*PIHC - Proceedings of Indian History Congress. Person English   Dictionary   (F,    Steingass)    1930 London.
*PHAI - Political History   of   Ancient India (H. C.   Ray-Chowdhary).
*P& SM - Political and Social Movements in Ancient Punjab, by Buddha Prakash.
*RSCE -	Rise and Splendour of the  Chinese Empire   (by R. Grousset, London, 1952). Rajat	Rajatarangini of Kalhana, by A. Stein.
*SBAW -	Sitzungsberielite der Pressischen Akademie der Wis-.sen-Schaften (Berlin).
*SIH&C - Studies   in   Indian   History    and   Civilisation by Buddha Prakash.
*SED - A   Sanskrit-English   Dictionary     by   M.   Monier-Williams (Oxford 1960).
*VIJ - Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal  (Hoshiarpur, Pb.).
*Vayiu - Vayu Purana 
*VGA - The Vakitaka-Gupta Age.
*VS - Vikrama Samvat (Era of 58 B.C.)
*Tribes and Castes - A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes in Punjab and N.W. Frontier—compiled by A.C. Rose, , Punjab Language Dept. Edn.)

[[Bhim Singh Dahiya|B.S. Dahiya]]

==Footnotes==
<references/>
----
Back to [[Books on Jat History]]
[[Category:Books on Jat History]]