Posted on 10/04/2010 12:15:28 AM PDT by Palter
Aryan, ping.
All the Indo-European languages, that is. Not Semitic (Hebrew, Arabic) or Sino-Tibetan languages:
Of interest ping.
I never knew the origin of the swastika. Back in the days of these Arayans, the swastika meant something entirely different and I’m sure much more benign.
Minas Tirith!
One of those trunks, below the slavic languages, says “Islamic”. I am confused.
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The type of horse is the Akhal-teke. This is an ancient breed used as a war horse - having great stamina and speed.
The breed was kept pure by Turkomen tribes who live east of the Caspian Sea.
I have heard about these grave sites only they’ve been referred to as “Scythians”.
But I thought science had determined there was no “cohesive” group of “Aryan” peoples sharing a common culture/language?
Oops...guess these discoveries and the recent proving of the “Aryan Invasion Theory” through genetics forced mainstream science to change their stance...for the nth time.
Soft science is caught in a trap of its own making...namely, the curse of education. It seems that the more you think you know, the less you’re willing to admit you don’t know. Everything has to have an elaborate theory, an explanation, no matter how small the find. The large majority of social scientists have a hard time simply saying...we don’t know.
Yeah, when 5,000 “Aryans” rode into India, killed the men and took the women as wives...I’m sure the swastika banner they brought with them was considered extremely benign.
You admit you don’t know the origin of a symbol (until recently), but you’re giving lessons on what that very symbol meant to ancient peoples, friend and foe? Ok, Professor.
Thank, that explains it. Hopefully that will be corrected someday, or pretty soon, we will have jihadis claiming that they have given us our language.
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I didn't know this either. But do are you really comparing some ancient battle to the horror of the Holocaust? Perhaps someone needs a lesson on perspective.
The entire argument that there was any conflict between the Aryans who settled India, and the natives who were pushed into the fringes of the Indian landmass, is controversial.
No record of a violent demise of the Indus Valley Civilisation exists. Not to mention, current evidence points to ecological factors for the destruction of that highly-developed civilisation. No mention of war with natives have been recorded in Hindu scriptures. Most wars detailed are of those between Aryan kingdoms.
>Indus Valley Civilisation
One of the Great Historical Sadnesses attributable to “modern” Pakistan is the virtual lack of interest in further significant research into the subterranean layered ruins below the current sites of Harappa, MohenjoDaro and others.
PreIslamic don’t count, don’tcha know?
They used to showcase Buddhist shrines in the NW to European tourists, but I believe that is kaput now due to jihad.
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