Guest guest Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 In a recent BBC news item, the Saxon migration into England is described. Interestingly, the Saxon language multiplication resembles the situation in old India of Aryan languages replacing the earlier ones by means of acculturation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3514756.stm "The data indicates at least some areas of eastern England absorbed very few Anglo-Saxon invaders, contrary to the view in many historical accounts." "It seems more likely that there was a small-scale immigration from continental Europe and that the existing British population adopted the customs of these outsiders as their own." Romila Thapar mentions "the idea of a graduated migration of Aryan-speaking peoples from the Indo-Iranian borderlands into north-western India." http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/22/stories/2004032201661001.htm N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 INDOLOGY, "naga_ganesan" <naga_ganesan@h...> wrote: > > In a recent BBC news item, the Saxon migration > into England is described. Interestingly, the Saxon > language multiplication resembles the situation in old > India of Aryan languages replacing the earlier ones > by means of acculturation. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3514756.stm > > "The data indicates at least some > areas of eastern England > absorbed very few Anglo-Saxon > invaders, contrary to the view in > many historical accounts." > > "It seems more likely that there > was a small-scale immigration > from continental Europe and that > the existing British population > adopted the customs of these > outsiders as their own." > > Romila Thapar mentions "the idea of a > graduated migration of Aryan-speaking peoples from the > Indo-Iranian borderlands into north-western India." > http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/22/stories/2004032201661001.htm > > > N. Ganesan The article says: "The data indicates at least some > areas of eastern England > absorbed very few Anglo-Saxon > invaders, contrary to the view in > many historical accounts." > No matter what sort of spin you are putting on it, this is another blow to the popular invasionist theories of the colonial era. If AIT of India was unlikely the AMT/ATIT is EVEN MORE unlikely. Because almost nothing of these pre migration/trickle scenerios has survived. This could only happen in a brutal invasion scenerio. Also unlike in England there is a very strong geological, astronomical and archeolgoical data to discount any intrusions no matter how so slight into India. I think its time to abandon the very notion language family trees similar. mayuresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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