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Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
In article <QlxKD.466930$wV2.204849@fx01.iad>,
FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer <FBInCIAnNSATe...@yahoo.com> posted:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/indian-history-was-distorted-by-the-british/story-0XmF9oSZpLPrFMcdwQdsOP.html
'Indian history was distorted by the British'
French historian Michel Danino says the Aryan invasion
theory was really part of the British Divide and rule
policy
The Aryan invasion theory was actually part of the British
policy of divide and rule, French historian Michel Danino,
an expert on ancient Indian history, said on Thursday on
the sidelines of the Kolkata Literary Meet.
Danino, who authored books such as The Lost River: On The
Trail of Saraswati and Indian Culture and India's Future,
blames the British for distorting Indian history and
challenged the Arayan invasion theory, while maintaining
that there was no actual Aryan-Dravidian divide.
"No ancient or medieval Indian text would support the Aryan
invasion theory. It is genetically proven that Aryans and
Dravidians belong to the same race, "said Danino, who
settle in India in 1977 and has since acquired Indian
citizenship.
Danino said that early Tamil literature displayed a
cultural fusion with north Indian literature. Even the name
of the city Maduri was influence from the ancient north
Indian heritage city, Mathura, Danino claimed.
"Indians are basically a mixed breed and the mixing started
as early as the Stone Age. After the Saraswati river dried
up, leading to the collapse of the Indus Valley
civilization, people started settling on the banks of the
Ganges. This phenomenon that occurred around 2000 BC led to
massive mixing up of the populace as a while has to shift
its base," Danino explained.
"The Mahabharata defined ethnic groups as jatis, whereas
the British brought in the term tribes to describe the same
thing, thus denigrating the homogenous culture of India.
Jatis were defined on ecological terms. There is a popular
perception that casteism started in India since the Vedas
but that is not true. There was no casteism even during the
Mahabharata period," he said.
Danino also rued the fact that Indians are apathetic
towards the preservation of their rich culture and
heritage. "1170 sites of the ancient Harappan civilization
have been identified during its mature phase. But till date
only around 100 sites have been excavated. There is a fear
that 90% of the sites might disappear due to expansion of
urban areas or agricultural land being converted to
residential high rises," Danino said.
He went on to give an example of how the archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) could recover only eight kilos of
Harappan gold when about 80 kilos of the same was unearthed
at Mandi in Uttar Pradesh. Villagers pilfered the rest,
depriving India of a useful insight into its rich heritage.
"ASI admitted to a Parliament query that 42 protected sites
vanished from Delhi alone. No one noticed as land sharks
went to grab the sites and construct high-rises on them,"
Danino said.
Historian Sanjeev Sanyal, speaking on the continuity of
Indian history claimed that east European and north Indian
people share genetic similarities.
First Published: Feb 01, 2013 15:06 IST
Dhanyavaad for posting the article.
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi Om Shanti http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India
By David Frawley
Amazon.com: Books
Review:
An Eye-opener
By "ka_shrinivaasan"
September 17, 2003
David Frwaley has done a great job of bringing some
buried truths to light. The English colonialists divided
India through their clandestine theory of aryan invasion.
I would pose one question to proponents of aryan invasion
theory: Where are the evidences which CONCLUSIVELY prove
that aryans invaded India and destroyed Harappan
civilization? I have read in history books (written by
marxist historians) that Harappans did not know about
horse. But 5000 year old Horse bones have been excavated
at Harappa and other indus valley sites. A maritime
civilzation dating back to 8000 years has been recently
unearthed near Dholavira (Gujarat) which used seals
strikingly similar to harappan seals. Above all the
recent decipherment of Indus script by Shri N Jha and N S
Rajaram is a final nail in its coffin. I would suggest
that everyone should also read "Deciphered Indus Script"
written by them. It has a clean and incontrovertible
methodology which leads us to believe that something is
terribly wrong with Aryan Invasion theory. Moreover the
whole aryan invasion theory has its basis on Max
mueller's 1500 BC date to Rig vedas. But the irony is
that Max mueller himself, in his last years, suspected
the date he assigned to rig veda (refer few of his
letters).
http://www.amazon.com/Aryan-Invasion-India-David-Frawley/dp/8185990204
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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