How can anyone be so sure when it is just a best guess estimate. The map is from 10,000BCE to 5,000BCE -so perhaps later migrations were no considered important enough -or if they did occur it was expected to be part of recorded history.
Thanks for pointing it out. Regards. Umesh --- Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See the map for 10000BC --does it show any migration > from Central Asia towards Iran or India? No! > > OOPS! > Umesh, > Looks like NG has missed it by couple of thousands > years. The said migration supposedly took place > during last 2000 to 5000 BC. > RB > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "umesh sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Prof Weitzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "Richard C. Foltz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:04 PM > Subject: [Assam] National Geographic's Genomic Map- > Aryan Invasion Theory > > > https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html > > Excellent use of technology by IBM etc !! > > See the map for 10000BC --does it show any migration > from Central Asia towards Iran or India? No! > > > One can disscern some interaction between India and > Iran -which were neighboring countries till Pakistan > was formed in 1947-so common words --and some > previous > migration towards Europe - so common language with > Ireland , Greece etc. No indication of reverse > migration (like in Aryan Invasion Theory) from > Central > Asia towards India/Iran. > > Any comments? > > Umesh > > FromProf Foltz's (PhD Harvard ) book: pg 7 :" When > Aryan groups arrived in India, beginning some > thirty-five centuries ago , they came to view the > vast > population of indigenous South Asians as a massive > , > fourth underclass." (Foltz, 2004 :Book: Spirituality > in the land of the Noble - How Iran shaped the > world's > religions) > > Also: " It may be helpful to prepare for reading > the > following example by taking a moment to close one's > eyes and mentally picture oneself as a part of the > ancient steppe world. Sittina around a campfire with > family and friends beneath a crisp Montana sky might > inspire the appropriate sort of image. Earth and > heavens recede in all directions, meeting each other > beyond the horizon. The sun sets , cows low and > horses > whinny nearby. Add the tension of some imminent > threat--a looming storm, a band of strangers in the > distance - and look to those among you most gifted > with insight to guide the course of your group will > take (Foltz, 2004 pg 9,10) > > My note: this resembles the dusty environs of Thar > desert and its borders in India and Pakistan!! > > Prof Foltz's comments further: "The oldest extant > Indo-European literary source in the Rig Veda, > considered by Hindus to be a sacred text. Its > present > form dates probably around the eight century BCE > ("before the Common Era") , but its content is much > older. Infact, the world it evokes resembles not the > steamy planes of northwest India, but rather dry > steppes of Western Eurasia whence the Indo-Aryans > came.........The harsh, remote environment depicted > in > the Rig veda is the one from which the Aryans of > Iran > and India both came (ibid pg 8-9) > > my note: If this remote environs is from where they > both came --then it is logically the remote environ > BETWEEN Iran and India --ie current day Paksitan and > its harsh environ of Thar desert -which extends into > West and Central India. > > It seems Prof Foltz is (like me) in Canada these > days. > > > Umesh Sharma > 5121 Lackawanna ST > College Park, MD 20740 USA > > Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, > Canada > > 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] > Canada # (607) 221-9433 > > Ed.M. - International Education Policy > Harvard Graduate School of Education, > Harvard University, > Class of 2005 > > weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > All New Yahoo! Mail - Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let > our SpamGuard protect you. > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, MD 20740 USA Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Canada # (607) 221-9433 Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ ___________________________________________________________ Web email has come of age. Don't settle for less than the All New Yahoo! Mail http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
