[Assam] National Geographic's Genomic Map- Aryan Invasion Theory

[umesh sharma]

How can anyone be so sure when it is just a best guess
estimate. The map is from 10,000BCE to 5,000BCE -so
perhaps later migrations were no considered important
enough -or if they did occur it was expected to be
part of recorded history.

Thanks for pointing it out. Regards.

Umesh


--- Barua25 <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> See the map for 10000BC --does it show any migration
> from Central Asia towards Iran or India? No! 
> 
> OOPS! 
> Umesh, 
> Looks like NG has missed it by couple of thousands
> years. The said migration supposedly took place
> during last 2000 to 5000 BC.
> RB
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "umesh sharma" <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
> Cc: "Prof Weitzel" <sanskrit at fas.harvard.edu>;
> "Richard C. Foltz" <rfoltz at alcor.concordia.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:04 PM
> Subject: [Assam] National Geographic's Genomic Map-
> Aryan Invasion Theory
> 
> 
>
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html
> 
> Excellent use of technology by IBM etc !!
> 
> See the map for 10000BC --does it show any migration
> from Central Asia towards Iran or India? No! 
> 
> 
> One can disscern some interaction between India and
> Iran -which were neighboring countries till Pakistan
> was formed in 1947-so common words --and some
> previous
> migration towards Europe - so common language with
> Ireland , Greece etc. No indication of reverse
> migration (like in Aryan Invasion Theory) from
> Central
> Asia towards India/Iran.  
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Umesh
> 
> FromProf  Foltz's (PhD Harvard ) book: pg 7 :" When
> Aryan groups arrived in India, beginning some
> thirty-five centuries ago , they came to view the
> vast
> population of indigenous  South Asians as a massive
> ,
> fourth underclass." (Foltz, 2004 :Book: Spirituality
> in the land of the Noble - How Iran shaped the
> world's
> religions)
> 
> Also:  " It may be helpful to prepare for reading
> the
> following example by taking a moment to close one's
> eyes and mentally picture oneself as a part of the
> ancient steppe world. Sittina around a campfire with
> family and friends beneath a crisp Montana sky might
> inspire the appropriate sort of image. Earth and
> heavens recede in all directions, meeting each other
> beyond the horizon. The sun sets , cows low and
> horses
> whinny nearby. Add the tension of some imminent
> threat--a looming storm, a band of strangers in the
> distance - and look to those among you most gifted
> with insight to guide the course of your group will
> take (Foltz, 2004 pg 9,10) 
> 
>  My note: this resembles the dusty environs of Thar
> desert and its borders in India and Pakistan!!
> 
> Prof Foltz's comments further: "The oldest extant
> Indo-European literary source in the Rig Veda,
> considered by Hindus to be a sacred text. Its
> present
> form dates probably around the eight century BCE
> ("before the Common Era") , but its content is much
> older. Infact, the world it evokes resembles not the
> steamy planes of northwest India, but rather dry
> steppes of Western Eurasia whence the Indo-Aryans
> came.........The harsh, remote environment depicted
> in
> the Rig veda is the one from which the Aryans of
> Iran
> and India both came (ibid pg 8-9)  
> 
> my note: If this remote environs is from where they
> both came --then it is logically the remote environ
> BETWEEN Iran and India --ie current day Paksitan and
> its harsh environ of Thar desert -which extends into
> West and Central India.
> 
> It seems Prof Foltz is (like me) in Canada these
> days.
> 
> 
> Umesh Sharma
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Umesh Sharma
5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park, MD 20740 USA

Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada

 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]
Canada # (607) 221-9433

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/


		
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