[MacDorcha]

Which Picts?

There are two of them that I am aware of. "White" ones, and some from the Mongol region (Xiongnu)

Their connection (and reason for the shared name) could be due to the Aryans of before either. The Picts could be seperatists from the same tribe that went to India all those years ago. One on either side of the caucus mountains.

[MacDorcha]

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[Pharmboy]

I was referring to the ones who populated the British Isles a while back; possible origin of the word "pixie."

[Cronos]

Their connection (and reason for the shared name) could be due to the Aryans of before either. The Picts could be seperatists from the same tribe that went to India all those years ago. One on either side of the caucus mountains

Actually based on the dispersal of peoples and on linguistics, I'm more inclined to believe that the INdo-Europeans originated in the region between north-western India, Eastern Persia and Central Asia with the Iranis being the most 'pure' Indo-Europeans. This is borne out by the migrations of the Indo-Europeans to Europe (first the Mitanni then the Hittites around 2000 B.C.) also -- the 'invasion' of India seems increasingly a myth -- there are no traces of massacres in the cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. THe Indo-Europeans seem to have moved into India just like the Amorites did in Sumeria -- shepherds, cattle-herders slowly moving into civilised areas -- like Mexicans moving into America, slowly the natives were replaced.