Lot of people have asked about 'Aryan Invasion Theory' (AIT) and where it stands today.
An effort to bring various pieces together.
Please read on
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AIT was propounded at the time when most of the technologies were not available (e.g. Astronomical S/w, DNA Profiling, Paleontologist studies). AIT states that Aryan were Europeans who came on horses with 'Ayas' and settled during ~2000 BC.
3/n The cause of AIT propagation was to establish racial superiority and colonising India.
When they found Indian culture far rich and advanced, they stole it and termed Indus valley inhabitants as Aryan race who drove Dravidian to south.
4/n Long story of inferiority terming rich culture into inferior.
Treaty of Tordesillas entered between Spain and Portugal sanctioned by Pope Julius II to share the world by two powers was trigger point of comparison in faith and civilisations.
5/n As per Treaty, Columbus (a Spanish Sailor) went westwards and ‘discovered’ America in AD 1492.
Vasco-Da-Gama 1460-1524 (a Portuguese Sailor) sailed eastwards to discover sea route to India Calicut on 20th May 1498
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6/n 17th Century, Spain and Portugese colonised several territories including parts of India. Germans felt left behind. They started to dig in Sanskrit to match their own Language britannica.com/topic/Aryan
7/n German Indologist Herder 1744-1803, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) worked to prove that Europeans were great amongst Greeks and Romans and called #sanskrit as mother language of all
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8/n German William Jones 1746-1794 theorised mapped Indian figures into Biblical framework. He mapped ‘Manu’ as ‘Adam’ ‘Narasimha’ as ‘Nimrod’.
He said “Either the first eleven chapters of genesis are true or the whole fabric of our national religion is false”
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9/n Britishers took forward this theory of Aryan’s racism superiority to control ‘India’.
1830, Macaulay was appointed convert India to a Christian country. He wanted Indologist Max Muller (1823-1900).
10/n Mueller propounded the theory of Arya as a race of a family of languages and who spoke them – linguistic divide.
as per him, Riv Veda claimed only Brahman, Kshatriya as Aryan and categorized Sudra as non-Aryan. He called “Arya” (or Aryan) a race.
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11/n Max Muller’s Aryan linguistic category was converted by Risley into caste 1901 Census in India
He carried out “Nasal Index” to classify jatis as Hindus and tribes as non-Hindus.
He decided that Indian consists of 2378 main casts and tribes and 43 races.
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The racial theories landed up in several regional conflicts consequently and subsequently 1. Holocaust & WW-II 2. Rawanda conflict 3. Naval conflict and First Independence War by India in 1857
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13/n Euro-Indologist chose to ignore River Saraswati which is mentioned in RigVeda 65 times
Vaidic wisdom existed 9KYA BC
Horses and Chariots were present in India way before belief of indologists.
17/n Stone tools found in Attirampakkam, Tamil Nadu dates back 350KYears debunking theory that homo-erectus exting 600Kyear ago and modern man came into being 80kYear before.
@RajVedam1 thewire.in/science/stone-…
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'Narmada Man' Skull discovered in MP, India, provides the first scientifically recorded evidence of human skeletal remains from the Indian subcontinent dating to the late Middle Pleistocene of 300Ky to 150Kyears ago. @RajVedam1 anthropology.iresearchnet.com/narmada-man/
19/n As per @RajVedam1 The excavation in Keezhadi, Tamil Nadu, based on the studies and available data, the carbon dating should be in an interval of 821 BCE to 2974 BCE for the terminus layer.
22/n Discovery of Chariot in Sanauli, UP, India itself is sufficient to debunk false AIT.
What to speak of other Archaeological, Paleontologist, Genetic proofs.
It proves that Indus-Valley-'Saraswati'-Civilisation existed ~2000BCE
23/n Continuity of Civilisation from Harappan excavation 1. Namaste 2. Swastika 3. Yoga 4. Shivalinga
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24/n Study by A R Nair, S V Navada and S M Rao Thar Desert states that cooler and pluvial conditions in the Holocene were present in the region what is called dried Saraswati River.
Thank you @narendramodi Modiji for overhauling your cabinet. It was long due and desired
Requesting you to also repeal entire @ASIGoI good for nothing engaged in graveyards maintenance.
Majority of excavation sites are ruining (the last possible evidence of our glorious past)
8a : Ekastaka - Wrong interpretation by Western Scholar to subdue India's antiquity. This led to take away plane geometry pioneered by Indians by greeks
Horse bones found in Hunsgi Baichbal valley's Acheulian sites, Karnataka pertaining to lower paleolithic period appx (2.580 ± 0.005 Ma and 0.773 ± 0.005 Ma) … #Archaeology
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Latest satellite images, ground atudies proves #Saraswati did exist 4000 years ago. Even a Dutch map from 1746 ce shows it flowing parallel to Indus river
#Archaeology researchgate.net/figure/Course-…
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When Sargon of Akkad bragged about "ships from Meluhha docking at Agade" (2334 BCE), he wasn't making it up.
The Sumerians called India by a name meaning "THE ELEVATED PLACE."
Why? Because mountains were how they FOUND us.
A thread on ancient branding. 🧵🗻
2/ Let's talk about how the Sumerians knew India as 'MELUHHA' 🧵
When Sargon of Akkad boasted (2334 BCE) about ships from Meluhha docking at Agade, he wasn't just name-dropping. The term possibly derives from Dravidian 'mel-akam' = 'elevated place.'
Why? Mountains.
Mount Meru/Sumeru wasn't just mythology—it was NAVIGATION. Ancient maritime traders crossing the Persian Gulf needed distinctive landmarks. The Harappan civilization's mountain ranges (Himalayas, Aravallis) served as crucial geographic identifiers.
Evidence? EVERYWHERE:
Harappan seals found in Ur, Babylon, Kish (2600-1900 BCE)
Gudea's records: 'translucent carnelian FROM MELUHHA'
Shortugai colony near Afghanistan lapis mines
Meluhhan interpreters living in Mesopotamian cities
The cosmic mountain of Vedic texts wasn't abstract philosophy—it was rooted in the REAL geography that made India recognizable across 2000km of ancient trade routes.
Mountains weren't just landmarks. They were BRANDS. 🗻
3/ Let's start with the hard evidence. Because unlike colonial "Aryan invasion" fantasies, the Harappan-Sumerian connection is DOCUMENTED.
Sargon of Akkad (2334-2279 BCE) literally carved into stone: "Ships from Dilmun, Magan, and Meluhha dock at Agade's quays."
Not mythology. Not speculation. ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS.
Gudea of Lagash (2144-2124 BCE) was more specific: He imported "translucent carnelian" specifically FROM MELUHHA.
The Royal Cemetery at Ur? FILLED with Harappan carnelian beads using acid-etching techniques that ONLY the Harappans mastered (2600-2450 BCE).
Here's what colonial historians don't want you to know: The Harappan civilization covered 1.2 MILLION sq km. Mesopotamia? 65,000 sq km.
India wasn't the "backward" partner. We were the SUPERPOWER they desperately needed to trade with.
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Tag this to your favourite european occupiers in South America #Selknam #Genocide
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