Cornel wrote: > >Just out of curiosity, I wonder what the evidence is >for what you said below. >
Hi Cornel, I don�t have the time at present to gather the key original references that point to all the evidence for migration of humans into Goa. But briefly, this is what I have to say about it. MIGRATION FROM AFRICA I am sure you know that modern humans emerged in East Africa and then migrated to all parts of the world. The evidence for this is overwhelming. Over the last several years a lot of genetic evidence has accumulated on the specifics of migration of four original tribes into India. I had posted a short article on some of this evidence in this forum a couple of years ago. It gave the full references of research papers containing this evidence. My article has been archived at the following link: http://www.colaco.net/1/SantoshIndiaMigration.htm MIGRATION FROM CENTRAL ASIA The Indo-Europeans migrated into India from Central/West Asia. They might have settled on the banks of the ancient Saraswati river, and later on some of these families are thought to have migrated into Goa. The genetic evidence for Indo-European migration into India is also referred to in the above article. Please hit that link. I will provide you with original references containing evidence for migration into Goa, later on. MIGRATION FROM EUROPE This just refers to the remnants of the Portuguese in Goa, and some recently immigrated European settlers. MIGRATION FROM CHHOTA NAGPUR At least four native tribes of Goa are thought to have migrated from Chhota Nagpur in Madhya Pradesh. These tribes are Asuras, Mundaris, Kols and Kharwas. Some of this evidence is discussed in a book titled �The Cultural History of Goa�, written by Anant Ramkrishna Sinai Dhume, a respected ex-Director (retired in 1968) of the Directorate of Land Survey of the Government of Goa, who was also an amateur historian. I will gather the original references for this, if I can, one of these days, and post them here. Cheers, Santosh
