Releasing the study, Dr Javaid Rahi, National Secretary of TRCF,
said that new research has proved that the Gujjar race had been
one of the most vibrant identities of Central Asia in the BC
era, and later ruled over many princely states in northern India
for hundreds of years, and also left their imprints in the
Himalayan ranges and inscribed them in such a way, that they
could not be destroyed even thousands of years later. The study
further revealed that the 5000-year history of Gujjars,
unexpectedly, is similar to that of the tribes of Turkish
origins, who left for Koh-e kaf during the era of Christ along
with their camels and other domestic animals. The study said
that in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, ‘Turk’ (Gotra) is one of
the most important casts of Gujjars, and hundreds of Turk
Gujjars reside in different districts of the Kashmir Valley. The
study said that in Gojri, there are a number of words which are
Turkish in origin, thereby linking the history of the Gujjars
with that of the Turks. What is a