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Big names Madam. May I offer bigger ones you never heard?
Tura Kavaseya-Early founder of Advaita
Kapila Kardama-Father of Empiricism
Medatithi Gautama-Father of Logic
Kanada Kasyapa-Father of Atomism
Dignaga & Dharmakirti-Rigorous Baudhas!
Ganesa Upadhyay-Advanced Neo-Logic
Tura Kavaseya-Early founder of Advaita
Kapila Kardama-Father of Empiricism
Medatithi Gautama-Father of Logic
Kanada Kasyapa-Father of Atomism
Dignaga & Dharmakirti-Rigorous Baudhas!
Ganesa Upadhyay-Advanced Neo-Logic
Akṣapāda Gautama-Father of both deduction & induction
Pracetasa Manu-Earliest teacher of political philosophy
Visnugupta Kautilya-Father of Economic thought
Pāṇini Dākṣīputra-Father of linguistics
Nāgārjuna-Creator of tetra valued logic
Bhartṛhari-Sphoṭa theory of sound
Pracetasa Manu-Earliest teacher of political philosophy
Visnugupta Kautilya-Father of Economic thought
Pāṇini Dākṣīputra-Father of linguistics
Nāgārjuna-Creator of tetra valued logic
Bhartṛhari-Sphoṭa theory of sound
Good thing our forefathers don't have graves. Or they'd be turning in it everyday, seeing how their 5000 years worth of effort has gone waste on this generation.
Most IndoEuropean tribes did not remember where their homeland was by the time they composed literature. But the ancient Zoroastrian text Vendidad give a list of 16 ancestral lands, none of which are in mainland Iran, but most of them are spread over Afghan and & the Indus Valley 
According to Aryan invasion theory the Indo-Iranians came from the steppes & split apart in Bactria & went their separate ways, Iranians entering Iran & IndoAryans entering Indus Valley. Under NO circumstance are the Iranians supposed to be in the Indus Valley. Yet here they are
Many of the important territories overlap with the Rig Vedic territories
Vaara- Vara Prithvya
Haroyu- Sarayu
Hapta-Hendu- Sapta Sindhu
Harahvaiti-Saraswathy
Can the eminent historians explain why the two oldest Indo-European texts describe the same places are their homeland?
Vaara- Vara Prithvya
Haroyu- Sarayu
Hapta-Hendu- Sapta Sindhu
Harahvaiti-Saraswathy
Can the eminent historians explain why the two oldest Indo-European texts describe the same places are their homeland?
