--- Filomena Giese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tariq, > Cultural anthropologists would only see a connection > between 2 cultures and peoples if there was some > historical or archeological evidence that showed > contact between them. The mere presence of the same > practices in two areas is not enough to establish a > connection. > In this case, we do know that there was traffic back > and forth between India and the Middle East and > Greece, just as we know there was historical contact > between India, Tibet, China, Japan, the Indianised > kingdoms of S.E. Asia. The claim that India > influenced the cultures and religions of these areas > is not mere fiction. > In the case of the Bantus in Africa, has anyone > studied possible contact between India and these > African regions? If so, we should be able to draw > some conclusions. > Filomena >
Filomena, Please read the article again and compare them to your remarks above. While you make sense and attempt to rationally and scientifically link two distinct cultures, the previous pitiful excuse for an article makes no such attempt but simply draws generic conclusions based on normal human behavior. -Tariq __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
