karthik_v 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2002 Those who propound the Aryan invasion theory (AIT) claim that the Aryans were nomadic tribes that came from Iran and Afghanistan into India. Never mind that they haven't substantiated their line of thinking with any evidence. Many scholars, of late, have demolished the theory. There is one feature which hasn't been highlighted though. In Rg veda, there is a mention of whale. Please consider this verse: tasmAdashvA ajAyanta ye ke cobhayAdata: gAvoham jagnyire tasmAt tasmajjatA ajAvaya: RV 10:90:11 Translation: tasmAd = From that ajAyanta = were born asvA: = horses and beings with eke ca = only one and ubhayAdata: two rows of teeth gAva: = Cattle jagnyire = were made tasmAt = from that jAta = were born ajA: = goats and Avaya: sheep. The key word is ye ke cobhayAdata:. This actually breaks up into eke ca + ubhayAdata:. The translations are given above. There is only one genus of animals that has only one row of teeth. The whales with their baleens. Now that is the key. whales live in the oceans, not rivers. Since there is no ocean in Afghanistan, you are left only with India and Iran. But RV also talks of Saraswati flowing into the ocean. there is no Iranian river that fits that description. So, it leaves us with just one option - that the Aryans were indigenous to India. They were functionally describing the flow of Saraswati into the ocean. They were into maritime trade as they were very familiar with the whales. And that buries the AIT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tarun 6 Report post Posted February 26, 2002 Within Western recorded time, India stretched at least from Iran to Indonesia, including Afghanisthan. When did Afghanisthan break away? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tarun 6 Report post Posted February 26, 2002 Also, there may be/appears to be: one syllable missing in your cited Rg-veda zloka's 1st line. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karthik_v 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2002 Originally posted by Tarun: Within Western recorded time, India stretched at least from Iran to Indonesia, including Afghanisthan. When did Afghanisthan break away? You are right. I am aware of that. But, many historians falsely claim that the Aryans came from Iran into the Gangetic plains. Talageri has shown that this is wrong and it was the other way round that the migration occurred. Second, they claim that the Aryans were nomads, who didn't know navigation. This verse shows that they are wrong. Could you kindly point out which syllable I left out? Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
