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Jat - This caste is nowhere mentioned in the ancient Hindu books. They everywhere call themselves degraded Rajputs, and there is no doubt that this assertion is correct to some extent; but the conjecture that they are emigrants from the trans-Indus regions is also well founded. According to their tradition, the original Jat tribe, called Ponea(Punia), sprung from the locks (juta) of Mahadeo(shiva), or one of his chief attendants at Mount Kylas(Kailash). It must be observed that Mount Kylas is not very far from the Hindu Kush, which, according to the Greek historians of antiquity, was the abode of the Getes, of whom the Jats are conjectured to be a colony. From Kylas the Jats are said to have descended into the plains of the Panjab, and thence to have spread themselves in all Upper and 'Western India, increasing their numbers by admitting degraded and excommunicated Rajputs to the tribe, and marrying women of almost every class. During the decline of the Mughal dynasty, they became independent princes and sovereigns of parts of Western India.
In this district there are three sorts of Jats—Chaudris, Deswalas, and Pachandas.
In terms of Shiv Ji relating to Jats, it's cultural not genetic. Cultural because Shiva was related to Natha yogi's, whom hated brahmins, but loved Scythians (i.e. Jats and Gujars), hence why Jats and Gujars became more interelated with Guru Gorakh Naths Natha tradition rather than the pundit tradition (though some did, but most where wealthier jats/gujars whom became titled rajputs and later shunned their jat/gujar ancestors for mytholical "sun/moon dynasty" stories)...
The Natha's, unlike today, where originally a martial tradition of yogi's, infact even the gurkha's of nepal where influeced by the tradition and claim the word "gurkha" to originate from "Guru Gorakh Nath"...The Nathas originated originally from Sadhu's of the Pashupat lineage (cavemen like people, considered masters of "survival", probably dravidian in origin and lived in caves of Kashmir/Hamilayas etc... after the mass migration of Aryans, whom hated "civilised brahmins" and chopped of their heads and drunk out of their skulls (hence the name "kapalika" is also synonomous to some natha traditions), but they came to sympathize with the scythians (probably because they also had a shamanic tradition of drinking of skulls from enemies) and this is probably why jats/gujars of North India where also initiated into their sect/knowledge-base/panth eventually), this is also mentioned in the Geeta (which was finished in the non-aryan era of the gupta period of India) where "Pashupat" baba initiates Arjuna in the knowledge of battle (being guided by Krishna to search for him)...obviously brahmins came up with the interpretation that "Pashupat" nath baba gave Arjuna a mythilogical weapon, this was not the case (think practically lol), it was most likely a strategic, tactical or technical knowledge in the matters of warfare.
Infact I must mention that the Darbara Singh Shastar Vidya Akhara (which is recognised and acknowledged today by top Filipino and Japanese Battlefield Martial Art Grandmasters including those of Arnis, FMA, Pentak Silat and Ninijitsu tradition) mention this as their origin. Their present 'Gurdev', Nihang Niddar Singh is quiet well researched in this matter (of how Scythian, Aryan and Dravidian societies of India evolved martially), and just happens to be Jat too.
this is why Shiva and Jats often come to inter-relate, and Jats use the story mytholigically to describe where their martial nature comes from (i.e. their Shiva-like warrior forefathers), Shiva being considered the "master of death", a drinker, a hunter and somewhat "naive" and "innocent" like a Jat (hence the name "bhole nath"). The reason why Shiva is not associated with any race however, is that almost every culture has such a "God-like" human figure for inspiration: i.e. think Odin, Zues, etc...it's just that in the Indian subcontinent, all the tribes just happened to have adopted to the name "Shiva".
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