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Raison d'État · 3d
LOLwut? Persians were speaking Avestan (and carving inscriptions in it) at the same time the Rig Vedas were being introduced to India. Possibly a century earlier. Indians do not have a monopoly o...
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I could have worded that previous comment more clearly.
But it was essentially pastoralist from Persia / Afghanistan that migrated towards India and mixed with other groups along the way.
Aryan was never one single ethnic group, it was a shared language and cultural similarities.
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Raison d'État · 2d
The original homeland is debated, likely to have been southern Russia. Unclear at this remove how politically, genetically and culturally homogenous they were, but available linguistic and material evidence suggests pretty well integrated. Although, "Daeva" went on to mean "God" in Sanskrit (Devi ...