Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=17072 http://www.mantra.com/newsplus/aitmyth.html http://www.gosai.com/chaitanya/saranagati/html/vedic-upanisads/aryan-invasion.ht\ ml “The Aryan invasion theory has been one of the most controversial historical topics for well over a century. However, it should be pointed out that it remains just that – a theory. To date no hard evidence has proven the Aryan invasion theory to be fact. In this essay we will explain the roots of this hypothesis and how, due to recent emergence of new evidence over the last couple of decades, the validity of the Aryan invasion theory has been seriously challenged.” …………….. Interest in the field of Indology during the 19th Century was of mixed motivations. Many scholars such as August Wilhelm von Schlegal, Hern Wilhelm von Humboldt, and Arthur Schopenhauer lauded praise upon the Vedic literatures and their profound wisdom, others were less than impressed. To accept that there was an advanced civilization outside the boundaries of Europe, at a time before the Patriarchs Abraham and Moses had made their covenant with the Almighty was impossible to conceive of for most European scholars, who harbored a strong Christian tendency. Most scholars of this period were neither archeologists nor historians in the strict sense of the word. Rather, they were missionaries paid by their governments to establish western cultural and racial superiority over the subjugated Indian citizens, through their study of the indigenous religious texts. Consequently, for racial, political and religious reasons, early European indologists created a myth that still survives to this day. ……………………… However, there are other references in the Rg Veda 3 that point to India being a land of mixed races. The Rg Veda also states that "We pray to Indra to give glory by which the Dasyus will become Aryans." 4 Such a statement confirms that to be an Aryan was not a matter of birth. …………………………………… Sarabhanga Giri <sarabhanga wrote: Namaste Max, Morality is the birthright of the Aryan ~ i.e. the noble Aryan is born into a family that is (by definition) high-born, noble, and an exemplar of morality. The legacy of immoral conduct by ANYONE (including the born Aryan who falls to ignoble and immoral conduct) is a lowly rebirth as a Pashu. The low-born "beast" may (with effort) rise from ignoble environs.The high-born Aryan Brahmana may (without effort) fall from his/her inherited right to that status. / Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.