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Not fighting just thought you were misunderstanding my position. :) It is a field that hasn't been researched at the level of Greco-Roman history, sadly. I'm not sure about assimilation being that extensive. Today, we do have different racial groups that coincide with ethno-linguistic groups...

I think you're getting me wrong. I'm not denying that the Kurgan Hypothesis doesn't add up. it states migration into India around 1500BC while we find Indo-Aryan symbolism in the IVC. The IVC's predecessor Mehrgarh dates back to 7000BC. What does make sense, to me, is that the Indo-Aryans and...

There has been Dravidian contribution to the Indo-Aryan language family in languages such as Marathi. Also, the reason for little Dravidian influence on Indo-Aryans could be due to the cultural dominance of the latter. For example, today Dravidians follow Hinduism, a religion which mainly...

I'll agree partially. Indo-Aryan and Dravidian are simply ethno-linguistic terms. For example the Sinhala of Sri Lanka speak an Indo-Aryan language while the Brahui of Balochistan speak a Dravidian language. The reason for them being viewed as separate races results from the racial groups the...

Tamil Brahmins are Dravidians. In terms of race they would be classified mostly as Australoid.

That is what I was commenting on. The reason there is no common ancestry with current Central Asian populations is due to Turkic migration into Central Asia around 500-1000AD. Thus, the current Central Asian populations originate from Siberia and Mongolia. The original population of the region...

The Aryan Invasion Theory seems to have declined in terms of popularity. The recent trend is towards peaceful migration of the Indo-Europeans into the Sub-Continent. The issue the old theories seem to hold is that Europeans, in a bid to bolster their ego, seemed to believe that the Aryans were...