[C19fan]

Looks like the original story about Aryan invasion of India and the imposition of Hinduism and the caste system by the conquering people to keep power is true. There is a book about what genetics can tell us about human migration and history. India has the least amount of cross-breeding across class, caste, and ethnicity. Give credit to the Aryans for creating a religion that has kept their descendants on top across the millennia.

[Nationale7]

in the absence of an irony font, I’m not clear whether you’re saying the Indian caste system is a good thing or a bad.

[RKV]

Linguistics and archeology are what we have had up until the last 10 years or so, and language does not equal genetics. As is usual in academic circles there are theories and politics and the Out of India theory of Aryan origins was politically correct. It just wasn’t supported by the ancient DNA evidence which has recently come to light. Frankly it wasn’t well supported by the earlier evidence either, but somebody in academia needed a job, and promoting a line of BS worked to get them paid. Suggest you read By Steppe, Desert and Ocean by Barry Cunliffe if you get interested in a good recap of ancient Eurasian archeology and early history.

[Candor7]

an Aryan people had migrated into India from the north-west, while their kin pushed westward into Europe.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Enough of this White Privilege Crap! Its NOT TRUE! ( sarc.)

The Brahmans were a superior class who actually built the higher cultures of India, and gave birth to a number of wonderful spiritual practice traditions , including Hinduism Buddhism, Yoga, Flight ( vimana), Irrigation hydrology, and the Karma Sutra.

Thank God for the Brahmans. The world would be extremely dull if they had not done and are still doing, their thing.
If you love humanity, yo cannot help but love the Brahmans. We have our own in the USA, look at “Nikki” Haley (née Randhawa):

https://www.biography.com/people/nikki-haley-20939217

[PapaBear3625]

Article summary: there were two major migrations:

7,000 BC: agriculturalists from what is now Iran and Turkey spread east into India and west into Europe.

3,000 BC: pastoralists (herders of cattle and sheep) spread from the steppes of Russia to both India and Europe.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[pacific_waters]

The article doesn’t squelch anything nor does it disprove the “Out of India” hypothesis. It simply disagrees with it. Though I would tend to agree with invasion hypothesis, one study a theory doth not make.

[Cronos]

well, the Aryans used the same in their own society - the priests were on top and the warriors next ad then the farmers/agriculturalists

[Bratch]

ping