a very readable review and synopsis of Srikant Talageri's latest assault on the assorted Aryan Invasion/Migration/Tourism theories.
http://koenraadelst.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-book-about-great-book.html
the gist - chronologically, the later parts of the Rig Veda correspond to the earlier parts of the Avesta - thus showing that the vedas pre-date Avesta. if AIT is right - it would be the other way round and the avesta would be the earlier text; but sadly for Witzel, Frontline editors and assorted Indian Marxists like Romila Thapar - it is not so.
I was unable to get through Talageri's previous books - they were too specialised and academic. this is one project that could really use a popular, HistoryLite retelling- the sort of stuff that Doug Brinkley or Stephen Ambrose put out in America.
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Bingo!!
Finally, it's good to see Bhaarathas who know where they come from.
Truly sick of idiots quoting the AIT bullshit, and splitting us up into Aryans and Dravidas... there NEVER was a tribe/clan called 'arya'.
It was more a prefix for those who exhibited noble behaviour i.e. put the nation before personal interests etc.
Many cheers.
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