Many of their clan names such as Badwal, Tirotia, Salaria, Dhamrait, Mangar, Darar, Gehlon, Tambar, Banwait and others are identical or very similar to those of the Rajputs found on the neighboring hills which suggests that both were at one time part of the same stock which later got fragmented into separate groups due to the reasons already mentioned. The Sainis are said to be one such Rajput group who took up agriculture in this era. Some Rajputs living under the sword in the Muslim-ruled areas, however, took to nuancing their identities in various ways to escape conversion and "Dola" enforced ritual pollution targeted at the rebellious Rajput groups (and also Brahmins in some cases). This led to the birth of various endogamous groupings within the Rajputs. These Rajputs were thus considered degraded and the inter-marriage between them and the other Rajputs stopped. This was considered a reprobate practice by the orthodox Hindus.
Some, desperate to retain their estates and influence, started marrying their women to the Muslim conquerors as part of the prevalent "Dola" culture. Some Rajputs converted under duress and started being addressed with the names such as Ranghars, Khanzadas, Ghauri Pathans, etc. As per the historical and local accounts, when these Rajputs lost these battles they had no choice other than facing slaughter or conversion to Islam. The existence of a Yadava origin Saini Rajput dynasty, that is, the Shoorsainis, which ruled Mathura in a period ranging between 7 CE, is recorded by historians such as Cunningham. These Rajputs were called Sainis or Shoorsainis because these rulers of Mathura region traced their origin to Krishna's grandfather, Maharaja Shoorsen. These specific battles are said to be duly recorded in Tarikh-i-Alfi. Their origin is traced to the Jadubansi Rajputs of Mathura and Delhi who came to Punjab to thwart the repeated attacks of Ghazni's generals on this area. Interesting accounts are given about the ancestry of Sainis. Their real strongholds, however, are in the areas of Jalandhar and Bari Doabs where they exclusively own a large number of villages, and where they also held the Zaildari in the British era. They are not found in any significant numbers in the lower and the interior Punjab, although the descendants of Sardar Nanu Singh Saini of Phulkiyan, who were a part of the Patiala nobility, at one time held one of the largest estates in the erstwhile princely state. The neighboring sub-mountainous districts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh also have considerable Saini Sikh population. They dominate in a significant number of villages in Hoshiarpur, Nawanshehr, Jalandhar, Ropar and Gurdaspur. The Saini Sikhs are found in the sub-mountainous region of Punjab. Sainis are a Rajput descent agricultural and landowning caste of Punjab.