Invasion That Never Was

Varun M Deshpande [email protected]

Does it remind you of anything?

The Great Bath

Mohenjo-daro

What are we taught in school? Indus Valley Civilization dates back to 2500

BCE Dravidians inhabited the area at first Aryans(Semi-Nomadic people) came They spoke Sanskrit They drived away Dravidians towards south They inhabited Indus Valley hence forth

Who are these ARYANS anyway? “Arya” means “learned”/”respected” person It does not reflect any RACE Scholorly people were referred as ARYA Through out the 4 Vedas the word “ARYA” has

been encountered only about 60 times Each time it has been used to mean “respected person”

Why the Concept of Aryan Invasion

Max Muller

Max Muller Max Muller (1823-1900) German philologist

and Orientalist desperate to bring Christianity into India so that the religion of the Hindus should be doomed. specially employed (in 1847) to write the translations of the Vedas in such a demeaning way so that the Hindus should lose faith in them Highly paid(4 pounds per PAGE!)

In a letter to his Wife "It took only 200 years for us to

Christianise the whole of Africa, but even after 400 years India eludes us, I have come to realize that it is Sanskrit which has enabled India to do so. And to break it I have decided to learn Sanskrit.“

To the Dean of St. Paul's (Dr. Milman), February 26, 1867

"I have myself the strongest

belief in the growth of Christianity in India. There is no country so ripe for Christianity as India, and yet the difficulties seem enormous."

Macauley’s Minute 1835 “..We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect..”

Hitler’s Master Race Misused the concept … Concept of Master Race Which led to 2nd World War Later the concept was rubbished But.. It was too late !

Quote A time must come when the Indian

mind will shake off the darkness that has fallen upon it , cease to think or hold opinions at second or third hand and reassert its right to judge and enquire in a perfect freedom into the meaning of its own Scriptures. Sri Aurobindo

Proof against Aryan Invasion Theory Evidence From Indian Tradition Evidence From Archeology Evidence From Astronomy Evidence wrt Genetics Many more…

Evidence From Indian Tradition No Sanskrit Scripture make any reference to

an original homeland outside India. Vedic Homeland is described as Aryavarta , Baratavarsha etc Rig Veda refers to “Land of Seven Rivers” – India No reference to Conquest of Foreign Land

Quote “A careful study of the Vedas…

reveals the fact that Vedic culture is so redolent of Indian Soil and of Indian Atmosphere that the idea of Non-Indian origin is absurd” P T Srinivasa Iyengar(1926)

Quote “As far as I can see,there is nothing

in the hymms of the Rig Veda which demonstrates that Vedic-speaking populations were intrusive to the area… Nothing implies that the Aryas were strangers here”

Colin Renfrew, British Archeologist

Evidence From Archeology 1921,first systematic excavation of buried city

of Harappa, on the Ravi River. (Daya Ram Sahni, Rakhaldas Banerjee) Time of Civilization was pushed from 4th century BCE to 2500 BCE. Heighest concentration of sites was later found along dry bed of Sarasvati river east to Indus. Indus-Saraswati Civilization

The Mighty Sarasvati Rig Veda honurs river Sarasvati :”great

among great, mightiest of rivers”(VI.61.13) “surpassing in majesty and might all other waters”(VII.95.1) “limitless unbroken flow , swift-moving with a rapid rush and tempestuous roar”(VI.61.8)

Sarasvati… Seems to be fed by icecaps and glaciers of

Himalayas which ended by about 10000 BCE Logically, time of Rig Veda must be prior to this. Mahabharatha also refers to Sarsavati river as: “disappeared into desert” and even “lost” Evidences of “abrupt climatic condition” (may be prolonged drought) during about 22001900 BCE are available in the Sarasvati river Valley.

Sarasvati… Theory says Aryans Invaded around 1500 BCE Why would they colonize in a Dried up river

belt Why would they call a dried up river as what Rig Veda refers to… Re-Discovery of Sarasvati deals a death blow to invasion theory.

Satellite Picture of Sarasvati river Valley

Quote In the east , the ancient Sarasvati

river ran parallel to the Indus…. Towards the end of the Indus Valley Civilization,the ancient Sarasvati had totally dried up…. Many episodes of Rig Veda take place along the sacred Sarasvati Kenoyer, Historian

Other proof “There was neither an Aryan race nor a

Dravidian race.The concept of ‘race’ itself is a myth” – S P Gupta(Archeologist) Studies confirm that there is no trace of material remains of Dravidian(south Indian) people in Harappan Civilization This disproves that Dravidians were the original inhabitants of Harappa (or Mohenjodaro)

Astronomical proof Many references can be found in our

Scriptures as Astronomy was/is one our prime interests Rig Veda referred to Sun being in the Constellation “Mriga”(Orion) around 4500 BCE Sun being in constellation “Krittika”(Pleiades) around 2500 BCE there is a reference in Krishna Yajur Veda of a Solscites around 8500 BCE (which make Rig Veda even more ancient)

News BBC-LONDON, ENGLAND, September 30, 2005 One of the most controversial ideas about

Hindu history is the Aryan invasion theory. This theory, originally devised by F. Max Muller in 1848, traces the history of Hinduism to the invasion of India's indigenous people by lighter skinned Aryans around 1500 BCE. The theory was reinforced by other research over the next 120 years, and became the accepted history of Hinduism, not only in the West but in India. There is now ample evidence to show that Muller, and those who followed him, were

Conclusion Aryan Invasion Theory is a Hoax It is done to misguide us & to brain wash Aryan theory is baseless There is no RACE called Aryans Aryans went to many corners of the world to

spread their knowledge There was no conflict between Aryans and Dravidians Infact,South India is the store house of Vedic Scriptures

Time to wake up!!