Every Harappan skeleton unearthed at sites such as Rakhigarhi, Dholavira and Lothal reveals new clues about India's oldest urban civilisation. From burial customs and social hierarchy to DNA research and beliefs about the afterlife, archaeologists are slowly piecing together the story of the Harappan dead.
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our coverage of the Rakhigarhi ancient DNA findings does a profound disservice to history, science, and the diverse cultural melting pot that India has always been. By cherry-picking statements to falsely claim that the Aryan Migration Theory was ‘debunked,’ you ignored the actual scientific consensus. The peer-reviewed data, including the massive companion study published in Science on the exact same day, definitively proved that Steppe pastoralists migrated to the subcontinent between 2000 and 1500 BCE. The true genetic history of India reveals that we are a multi-source civilization—a beautiful mosaic built first by the indigenous Harappans and later enriched by Steppe migrants. When media outlets prioritize political narratives over scientific rigor, they erase the complex, dynamic, and diverse reality of our ancestors.
“neither Steppes Pastorals nor Iranian farmers contributed to the development of South Asian ancestry,” said Shinde. Many experts disagree with this view.
Modern Indians, particularly those of upper castes & particularly those from north west India have Steppe genes. Steppe Aryans are supposed to have come only 5000 years back, naturally Harappan sites being older will not have Steppe gene. Iranian agriculturalists gene may or may not exist in every skeleton of Harappan sites but no conclusion can be made based a single Raphigraphy skeleton.
our coverage of the Rakhigarhi ancient DNA findings does a profound disservice to history, science, and the diverse cultural melting pot that India has always been. By cherry-picking statements to falsely claim that the Aryan Migration Theory was ‘debunked,’ you ignored the actual scientific consensus. The peer-reviewed data, including the massive companion study published in Science on the exact same day, definitively proved that Steppe pastoralists migrated to the subcontinent between 2000 and 1500 BCE. The true genetic history of India reveals that we are a multi-source civilization—a beautiful mosaic built first by the indigenous Harappans and later enriched by Steppe migrants. When media outlets prioritize political narratives over scientific rigor, they erase the complex, dynamic, and diverse reality of our ancestors.
“neither Steppes Pastorals nor Iranian farmers contributed to the development of South Asian ancestry,” said Shinde. Many experts disagree with this view.
Modern Indians, particularly those of upper castes & particularly those from north west India have Steppe genes. Steppe Aryans are supposed to have come only 5000 years back, naturally Harappan sites being older will not have Steppe gene. Iranian agriculturalists gene may or may not exist in every skeleton of Harappan sites but no conclusion can be made based a single Raphigraphy skeleton.