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Aryan Invasion Theory, Episode 1 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Reality
        
        Many pieces are undamaged
        
        Pretty much everything that comes
        out of such sites are damaged
      - A few damaged stone statues
        at Mohenjodaro, Dholavira as
        portratis of a Royal lineage
        which were vanadalised during a
        rebellon when the statues
        were viciously damaged
    - - Intepretation by Wheeler:
        "This is obviously Harappan people slaughtered by incoming Aryans. Indra (the leader of hordes) stands accused.
      - Shiring Ratnagar:
        "Confirmed in her an impression of intense enemity and hatred"
        projecting hwat one has on mind
        
        Speaks of the Political Significance of these
        skeletons are due to Mesopotamian Tablets as they mourn the distraction of cities. But written 1000 years earlier.
      - Joss Dales (American, 1964) reuted Wheelers theory
        
        No proof skeletons belong to the same layers in the Arhcaeological stratiography, might belong to different epochs
        
        Few had signs of injury on bones, but, those were healed before the death of the person, and not death causing, probably victims of sloppy burial. Basically nothing conclusive to explain the skeletons, but also nothign to confirm Wheeler's explanation.
      - Keneddy the lates
        Bio anthrolopologsit
        Coronell Univeristy
        #
    - - 6-7 Sites seem to be destroyed by Fire
      - Very interesting to scholars
      - False
        
        Several places of North Baluchistan, thick layers of Burning may have been taken to imply the violent destruction of 'whole settlements' by fire
        
        Romila Thappar writes "Some harappan setlllements in North west punjab 'might' have been subjected to raze and skirmishes as such are described in Rig Veda (Aryas-Dasyus). Ocassional evidence at sites like Kor Bijjig (in Pakistan)
        
        Prof Irfan Habib.. several sites in Afghanisation that were destroyed with such violence as to leave evidences in Archaeological records - which is actually ash
        
        Similar traces in Gavarkote, Nall etc - the inference is the irrestisitble from the West, which overwhelmed Helmand ciites, late Kodiji culture. It is painful but unavoidable to imagine the fate of those populations, as settlements were abandoned due to hostile powers, and eventual slaughter
        
        DN Jha
        A dominant blow to Harappan cities was given by 'Barbarians' in 2nd milennium BC
      - All false claims built upon the work of Stuart Piggert (1950)
      - Truth
        
        Wherever the stratigraphy is clear, the layer of Ash is always found in the transitional phase, b/w early Harappan periods of end about 2700 BC and mature Harappan phase which is where the cities blossom and are built, starts about 2600 BC, the layer of ash which all have been referring too,
        
        Hence, asho of 2600 BC, then claims of raze, skirmish, attack means RiG Veda was 2600 BC, Hence, 1000 years earlier. Descrepancy. Else, they are taking evidence of totally different period, and applying on something else.
        
        So is it ignorance, incompetence, or wilful distortion. Whos to say? Whos to decide?
        
        Gregory Pucell
        
        Explored the intriguing presence of these ashes, and theorised that perhaps mature Harappan sites were built after burning down the old settlements. They were built on virgin lands.
        
        Often cities were burnt on pure virgin lands
    - - If there had been skirmishes, battles, conflicts or invasions, and sacked them, and murdered them, and set them on fire.. there would be a lot of other kinds of traces, including skeletons, weapons, distubred layers. All findinds are cleand and deliberate discussion.
- - - - RV states Aryans
        crossing through Afghan Passes
        & gives references
        
        But not a single ref
        is actually there in RV
        
        2 hymns that he cites are
        actually about one river whose
        water was stilled by Gods
      - Over interpretation of
        "Though it was wide, the land has become narrow"
        is translated as Afghan Pass by Witzel
  - - - But Konrad Elst went to original
        and checked it to be wrong
  - - - The Early Aryans were generally fare
        Exactly what 19 century European Racists
        wrote, survival of race theory without
        zero support in texts/science
- - - - Which means that from some
        central region of India one group went
        east and one group went west