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Academia places high importance on evidence, so both the early theories of Aryan invasion and Aryan Homeland in Indian subcontinent got rejected, right from the inception itself, irrespective of who came up with the theory.
No evidence of any wars, mass soldier graves or destruction of IVC (Harappan) towns has been found and no proof exists if IVC (Harappan) people were the ones that are referred in Vedas as Asuras or Dasyu or any other category of peoples whom Aryans defeated. So, Aryans never invaded, but arrived in small waves after 1500 BC into Indian subcontinent. Evidences have significantly increased to prove that IVC people began deserting towns after 2000 BC, migrating eastwards to interior forests of Gangetic belt and Gujarat/ Konkan coast due to centuries of monsoon failures and resultant drying of Ghaghar/Sarasvati and other river streams of Haryana, Rajasthan and Sind.
At the same time, Aryans are not originally from India and were definitely from Steppes (Caspian Sea / Urals / or higher up) as an ocean of evidence exists for that, including the simplest one – Sanskrit, Old Iranian and further upwards the Old European languages share most of their cognate words, and also because the
earliest ancient evidence of domestication and burial of horses, as mentioned in Vedas, are reported in large numbers in this region.
The major puzzle today, is in piecing where IVC people migrated into India, and which early communities’ script or artifacts can prove their linkage to the rich IVC heritage.
Very balanced article .
Thumbs up from me .
Academia places high importance on evidence, so both the early theories of Aryan invasion and Aryan Homeland in Indian subcontinent got rejected, right from the inception itself, irrespective of who came up with the theory.
No evidence of any wars, mass soldier graves or destruction of IVC (Harappan) towns has been found and no proof exists if IVC (Harappan) people were the ones that are referred in Vedas as Asuras or Dasyu or any other category of peoples whom Aryans defeated. So, Aryans never invaded, but arrived in small waves after 1500 BC into Indian subcontinent. Evidences have significantly increased to prove that IVC people began deserting towns after 2000 BC, migrating eastwards to interior forests of Gangetic belt and Gujarat/ Konkan coast due to centuries of monsoon failures and resultant drying of Ghaghar/Sarasvati and other river streams of Haryana, Rajasthan and Sind.
At the same time, Aryans are not originally from India and were definitely from Steppes (Caspian Sea / Urals / or higher up) as an ocean of evidence exists for that, including the simplest one – Sanskrit, Old Iranian and further upwards the Old European languages share most of their cognate words, and also because the
earliest ancient evidence of domestication and burial of horses, as mentioned in Vedas, are reported in large numbers in this region.
The major puzzle today, is in piecing where IVC people migrated into India, and which early communities’ script or artifacts can prove their linkage to the rich IVC heritage.