Thanks Renfield for the topic and ping, this has been another great week for topic variety, if only they'd post themselves! ;')
Thanks Cronos for the additional ping and the posts: Prof Casule said that the language is most probably ancient Phrygian. The Phrygians migrated from Macedonia to Anatolia (today part of Turkey)... They later migrated further east, reaching India. Indeed, according to ancient legends of the Burushaski (or Burusho) people, they are descendants of Alexander the Great. Phrygia's single dynasty lasted about three generations (based on the number of royal burial mounds). There's nothing I remember regarding ancient accounts of Phrygian migration east (other than their crossing over into Anatolia) -- but Alexander's campaign of conquest moved a lot of genes (ahem) around. During his long campaign in Central Asia, he was holed up in Balkh for the winter, and by spring had received roughly 250,000 reinforcements, mostly from Greek populations in and out of the former Persian Empire borders. The "Black Pagans of Hindu Kush" are an isolate, claim descent from Alexander's army, and continue to worship Apollo. Maybe this is the same group?
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