The Jets constitute the great bulk of the fixed agricultural population of Kach Gandava, as of the Punjab and Sindetic provinces; to say nothing of the countries between the Sutlej and Ganges. A race so widely dispersed, of course, claims attention. Wherever located it is distinguished by speaking nearly the same dialect, and the name designating it carries us back to the Getie or Gothie invaders of India and of Europe.
To the north and west of Kach Gandava they are not found as agriculturalists, but rather as itinerant professors of humble arts, somewhat like gypsies. Under such conditions they may be discovered at Kabal, Kandahar, and even at Herat, at which latter place hey are called, perhaps with reference to their occupations, Gharib Zada, or descendants of the poor or lowly. But wherever they go they preserve heir vernacular tongue, the Jetki.
In the Punjab I believe, they do not occur westward of the Jelam, which is instructive, as showing, if they represent the ancient Getie races, how they have been pushed forward by subsequent invaders. There can be no doubt but that the Getae once possessed the whole of the countries immediately east and west of the Indus. With the Jet population, east of the Jelam, waggons, to the traveller from the west, first make their appearance.
From Bibliographical Index to the Historians of Muhammedan India by H. M. Elliot
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