05-03-2006, 01:43 AM
Looking for the history of the Maharattas, one may be wise to consider the etymology of the word, â Mahratta, Maharattaâ
Splitting the word into âMahaâ and âRattaâ, we obtain the simple âGreat Rattâ
Our search s now for does the âRattâ or â Rattaâ word tell us.
We find a people mentioned as the Rattas, or Arratas in the Greek classical accounts.
We should also take note that the earlier name for Gujarat, was Lat or Lata, and since the L transforms into the R, it was Rat or Ratta. One may keep in kind that the word GujRat is the earlier term, which has been softened, and Gujarat is pronounced as Gujrath in Hindi
We also find among the Jats, the clans of Ratthi, or Rathor, both of which are easily derivable from Ratt.
Looking at the Rathi Jats, one does find that their traditions point to a movement of their into Haryana from GujRat and Rajasthan.
The connection between the people known, as Maharattas should then be traced to the area of Old Sindh and Gujarat, which was formerly known as Rat or Lat.
In the early Pre BCE period, we do find that that a people, who were given the nomenclatureâ Sakaâ, appeared- names like Rudraraman etc.
It is not inconceivable that these people, who did gain power, intermixed with the local people, and gradually new ethnic identities evolved.
ON THE TERM âSAKAâ
This term is also divisible, and we look into it we find it evolving from the terms âSaâ or â Saiâ, the latter being a Chinese terminology.
Literally, one should not rule out the simple meaning Sa- ka, to mean âof the Saâ.
In the Maharastra area, the term Maharata took hold, and we have to look at further research as to how it came about
Ravi
Splitting the word into âMahaâ and âRattaâ, we obtain the simple âGreat Rattâ
Our search s now for does the âRattâ or â Rattaâ word tell us.
We find a people mentioned as the Rattas, or Arratas in the Greek classical accounts.
We should also take note that the earlier name for Gujarat, was Lat or Lata, and since the L transforms into the R, it was Rat or Ratta. One may keep in kind that the word GujRat is the earlier term, which has been softened, and Gujarat is pronounced as Gujrath in Hindi
We also find among the Jats, the clans of Ratthi, or Rathor, both of which are easily derivable from Ratt.
Looking at the Rathi Jats, one does find that their traditions point to a movement of their into Haryana from GujRat and Rajasthan.
The connection between the people known, as Maharattas should then be traced to the area of Old Sindh and Gujarat, which was formerly known as Rat or Lat.
In the early Pre BCE period, we do find that that a people, who were given the nomenclatureâ Sakaâ, appeared- names like Rudraraman etc.
It is not inconceivable that these people, who did gain power, intermixed with the local people, and gradually new ethnic identities evolved.
ON THE TERM âSAKAâ
This term is also divisible, and we look into it we find it evolving from the terms âSaâ or â Saiâ, the latter being a Chinese terminology.
Literally, one should not rule out the simple meaning Sa- ka, to mean âof the Saâ.
In the Maharastra area, the term Maharata took hold, and we have to look at further research as to how it came about
Ravi