Originally posted by: springkissed
The Aryan invasion theory is absolute bullshit. We are one culture! British and west brought this theory to tear us apart and we bought it. It's time to let it go! Our vedas, upnishadas, Mahabharata, Ramayana, etc are written in Sanskrit. There should be no shame in respecting and spreading the use of that language. Ii holds the root of our ancient vedic culture.
true. These guys started with AIT. Once that theory got totally debunked, they switched to AMT.๐I agree that the OIT stuff is hogwash but that's just a distraction the AMT crowd uses to discredit the opposing viewpoint. It should not even be part of the debate.
now, for the AMT crowd purporting to talk genetics to make the half-baked AMT theories sound half-way intellectual, here's the real deal-
Various genetic studies, conducted with small sample sizes, have established the following (citing the fact that what i have is borrowed heavily/ excerpted from what's there on the net, same as the rest of us except some of us don't pretend to have done the scholarly work ourselves):
- There were no large migrations into India for the last 12,500 years.
- The genetic make-up of Indians have remained pretty much the same, for the last 40,000 years.
- However, genetics also concluded that some Indians (in North India predominantly) and Europeans are genetically related. The R1a haplogroup is common to both groups. => Can be easily explained by the fact that the north has been more of a portal for interaction with the outside world through antiquity.
- While the haplogroup that is most common in South Indians is found nowhere else in the world. It is seen in North Indians though to some extent. => about the only thing that gives a non-miniscule level of credence to the two race theory.
Now for folks to conclude AMT is established manna from heaven, that's not very intellectually rigorous imo. Far from it.
Also, there are additional logical arguments against AMT. For another day.
By the way, can someone elucidate for us what is Dravidian culture? From what i read:
"Dravidian culture - Burial culture, ancestor and nature worship, millet and grains staple food, Architecturally inclined. Proto - Tamil.
Aryan Culture - Cremation culture, fire worship, rice staple food, religiously inclined, Vedic-sanskrit.
The people were the same. Their culture changed. There was no genetic change involved. There was no invasion.
Both cultures evolved here. Most likely, the Dravidian culture came earlier here, with the Aryan culture arriving much later."
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