It has praised profusely, the river Sarasvati. Dravidian grammatical impact on the structure and syntax of Indo-Aryan languages is considered far greater than the Indo-Aryan grammatical impact on Dravidian. It was a bold step taken by the committee of the Cal. Prakrit. The white race that entered India was called Aryan, because they came via Iran. Therefore, every person of the Aryadesh had a right to be an arya person. WebThe features of the people of this race are a broad head? There is a class of finite verbs that includes negation as part of the inflection, as in Konda vnu1 ki--en2 (literally, he1 does-negative-he2) he1 does not do2. Proto-Dravidian has a negative verb *cil to be not, which is complementary with the verbs meaning to be. This is a typical feature of the Dravidian languages. The outcome at the last Cal. Dravidian languages are considered to be distinct from those defined as Aryan. These languages are Telugu, Malayali, Kannada and Tamil. My response is based on today not the past. Past is where we came from but we live today and tomorrow. Other than the languages spoken, fundamental A very interesting story about Agatsya Muni would explain the meaning of the word 'dravid'. South Asian Studies, 13(1), pp 8797. Or were they all dark-skinned people? They had figures of humans and animals and a very short inscription of a few letters each, in an UNKNOWN script, which has been called the Indus or Harappan script. Demonstrative pronouns represent the gender differences best. I guess, the writers or speakers of the IVC script rode horses at the Indus. [96] Sivan was also seen as the supreme God. The classic case is where Mc Neill (A World History - 1967) states that 'the war-like invaders destroyed the Indus cities around 1500 BC, inaugurated a dark and barbarous age in India', where as, just a decade after, Hownslar and Smart (People and our World - A study of World History - 1977), states that 'Mohenjo-daro and Harappa had been abandoned by 1500 BC' and that 'they might have been destroyed by a series of floods of the Indus river'. In Mahabharata, Bhishma claimed that southerners are skilled with sword-fighting in general and Sahadeva was chosen for the conquest of the southern kingdoms due to his swordsmanship. The generally accepted concept of Aryans in India today, is that they are the ones living in northern India and Dravidians in Southern India. Kollywood and Tollywood produce most films in India.[125]. No wonder Khalistan and Kashmir movement are so popular. This event occurred some 5000 years ago, just after Lord Krishna left this world as well as the commencement of the Kali Era. Thanks for sharing. Look at us - we are up to our necks into the Caste System, and our own government takes the advantage of the divided society. [45] Nowadays, Tamils, Malayalis, Telugus and Kannadigas make up around 20% of India's population. They were fond of horse-racing, chariot-racing, dancing, gambling and wrestling. Webshow no Dravidian ethnic features whatever, and are not easily distinguishable from the other peoples of the region. It would have made a big difference to the promoters of the AIT, if the geneticists had confirmed the existence of Aryan (European) genes among the Indians. He further states that 'these were people very much the type of our Scandinavian fore-fathers, hard-fighting, heavy-drinking folk, with a certain contempt for the short dark races they conquered, since they called them Dasus or Dasyus - squat creatures, very much as Hitler spoke of those dwarfs of Prague. It was the people from outer world to come down and create this magical cities as the indigenous had no capacities. What do the historians say about the ancestors of the Aryans? Some linguists explain this anomaly by arguing that Middle Indo-Aryan and New Indo-Aryan were built on a Dravidian substratum. The Dravidian languages have a decimal system. gamaprmya of Ymuncrya, Issue 160 of Gaekwad's Oriental Series. Dravidians also live in central India and other countries like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is now upto the people of the sub-continent, whether they should fight amongst each other making COLOR an issue, thus, supporting the Divide & Rule policy of their past rulers, indirecly, in your words, the International Aryan League. He further states that, 'by the year 1619 AD, a million or more black slaves had already been brought to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Caribbean and South America'. The reasons could be to retire a horse because of old age or due to some injury while serving his master. [30] In the Sanskrit tradition the word drvia was also used to denote the geographical region of South India. Dravidian languages use subjectobjectverb (SOV) word order; the verb occupies the final position in a sentence, a characteristic that is also true of the Indo-Aryan languages. The origins of the Dravidians are a "very complex subject of research and debate." [117][118][119] Traditional Dravidian architecture and symbolism are also based on Agamas. Das needs to clarify what he means by 'Aryanisation of India'. [20][24], Although in modern times speakers of various Dravidian languages have mainly occupied the southern portion of India, Dravidian speakers must have been widespread throughout the Indian subcontinent before the Indo-Aryan migration into the subcontinent. [65] Already in 1924, when announcing the discovery of the IVC, John Marshall stated that (one of) the language(s) may have been Dravidic. However, the negotiations carried out with the CDE in respect of the Text-book Revision, would amply explain, that hard work lies ahead of the negotiators. As these tribals may have moved away from the concerned places thousands of years earlier or may have been Hinduised by adopting HIndu religion and names, the phenomenon is barely understood today. He looked at the sound system of South Arabic and Old Aramaic age-wise, compared with the Indus script, and bingo, Dr Rao managed to decipher the Indus Script, and the outcome has been accepted, among others, by the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986. Traditional dress of Dravidian women is typical of most Indian women, that of the sari. Now he must show to the world that Europeans can correct the history, too. Divide et Impera should be the principle of the Indian government. [95] Hinduism can be regarded as a religious and cultural fusion[79][note 3] or synthesis[81] between ancient Dravidians and Indo-Aryans, and other local elements. The people of India, only 200 million in 1835, fully justified both words, and so confirmed by Lord Macaulay's statement to the British Parliament on Feb 2, 1835 (see elsewhere). The origin of the Sanskrit word drvia is Tamil. It must be, because we are Aryans the Barbarians, and Dravidians the Squat Creatures! Weech (History of the World) opines that 'the **** type ssems early to have passed from Africa to South India', where as Bouquet (Comparative Religion) has not ruled out 'sea-borne invasion'. Early Dravidian influence accounts for several of the innovative traits in Indic better than any internal explanation that has been proposed. The present population is greatly affected by the D & R Policy, the main basis being the AIT. In the plural, South Dravidian languages have generalized the meaning of *aw-ar to human (men, men and women, or women), thus restricting the meaning of *aw-ay to nonhuman (nonhuman animates and things). Ancient Dravidian religion constituted of an animistic and non-Vedic form of religion which may have influenced the gamas, Vedic and non-Vedic texts[92] which post-date the Vedic texts. He was a law-maker, the Father of the Indian Constitution. Day People vs. Night People: What do they do? Who ever came from the West is being given the credit for introducing cattle and horses in India. The big Aryan-Dravidian debate: Inventing an invasion that Anybody can answer that the color of the skin has nothing to do with one's intelligence, nor with the goodness of their hearts. The Hathigumpha inscription of the Kalinga ruler Kharavela refers to a T(ra)mira samghata (Confederacy of Tamil rulers) dated to 150 BCE. The importance of the above is that Equus Sivalensis, the South-East Asian breed have 17 pairs of ribs, where as, the Central Asian and European horses, called Equus Przevaalskii, have 18 pairs of ribs. The Aryans had no respect for the Indian culture and treated the natives as slaves. WebThe most important characteristic features of this type are broad-head, dark complexion with yellowish tinge and scanty hair on face and body. IVC - Some historians have opined that people from OUTER SPACE have developed these advanced cities. After going trough the books thoroughly, his comments were as follows: 'As far as the Rigveda is concerned, there is not a particle of evidence suggesting the invasion of India by the Aryans from outside India'. EQUUS SIVALENSIS, South East Asian breed has 17 pairs of ribs, where as Equus Przevaalskii, Central Asian and European breed have 18 pairs of ribs. The Europeans, because of their attitude - had no respect for Indian culture and treated the natives as slaves (Hownslar & Smart -A World History - 1977) -could not imagine that such people could be the creators of a Mother Language. Aryans-North Indians are Sanscrit language based speakers and Dravidyans-south Indians are Tamil language based speakers. Both groups of these Indi Telugu of South-Central Dravidian and Kurukh-Malto of North Dravidian have preserved the Proto-Dravidian gender in the singular but independently extended the meaning of *aw-ar to human as happened in South Dravidian. Only accusative (*-ay, *-n), dative (*-[n]kk), and possibly locative can be reconstructed for Proto-Dravidian. They are also found in large numbers in Middle East countries, the Americas and Australia. It is the truth, when the praise comes from an enemy. His followers, upon misbehaving, became the victims of God's anger, resulting in the Great Flood of 2350BC. Thus,every aspect of the human life, that is considered beneficial to the human society, was qualified by the word 'arya'. There are three subgroups within the Dravidian language family: North Dravidian, Central Dravidian, and South Dravidian, matching for the most part the corresponding regions in the Indian subcontinent. The Religion of the Agamas. During this time Portuguese Jesuit priests also arrived and converted a small number of people in modern Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to Catholicism, most notably the Paravars. The subject matter was, by a simple stroke of pen, changed from Annihilation to Assimilation. Anon 02/27/2023 (Mon) 14:04:37 ID: 55a153 No. [24][note 2][25] Later, a component termed "AASI", found to be the predominant element in ASI, was distinguished in subsequent studies. Some of the dark-skinned descendants of Ham went to India, later in 1500BC, were followed by fair-skinned descendants of Shem and Japhet. Would the ancestors of these 16th, 17th century Europeans have any different characters? This would explain that the color of the skin is not necessarily the uniting factor. The last time the linguists went to work to decipher a script was in respect of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, i.e. The nose shows a wide range of variation, from fine to broad. These conquerors were not builders. Thus, the blue-eyed people of Major Yeats-Brown, turned into groups of different blood, all speaking a common tongue, the Mother of all Indo-European languages. [64], The Indus Valley civilisation (2,6001,900 BCE) located in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent is sometimes identified as having been Dravidian. With the growing influence of Persian and Sufi music on Indian music, a clear distinction in style appeared from the 12th century onwards. Revision - Guess-work needs to be discarded and correct history needs to be taught in schools. Rigveda is a huge scripture, consisting of ten books. Prof. M Witzel has shown great courage in agreeing this change. The participants being the Jews, Christians Muslims and the Hindus, it was decided, with the agreement of more than 50 well known historians, that the Aryan Invasion Theory be called the Aryan Migration Theory. Was the mingling with the 'war-like Aryans (Van Loon)' voluntary or forced? The name Dravida is the name of the people speaking a It is then stressed that 'it does not mean a common racial stock' and further explains that 'they were of different blood'. Looks -Aryans are fair skinned as compared to Dravidians. QUESTION : What are the differences between Aryans and Dravidians? Indo-Aryan and Dravidian are by far the largest of these four, both in terms of number of speakers as well as in terms of their spatial distribution across South Asia. But, now, the termite infested cupboard was falling apart. Thus, the geneticists went to work. He says that, 'u ntil 1922, we had few records of human life in India older than the days of the Aryan-speaking invaders apart from a handful of scattered relics of the Stone Age. Dravidians are in fact the original inhabitants of India, the Aryans were Pastoral Herders from Kazakhstan and Siberia [code ](Andronovo culture)[/ In fact, until the late 19th century most Kerala women did not wear any upper garments, or were forced to by law, and in many villages, especially in tribal communities, the sari is worn without the blouse. David McAlpin, "Toward Proto-Elamo-Dravidian". (10) The Santal and Bhuiya tribes both speak Mundari, whereas the Oraons speak a Dravidian language. Re. I thought, if at all, the word is related to the word Iran, the correct word should have been Iranian, meaning the people coming from Ira-n, i.e. To-day, the population of India has reached a billion mark. The Modern Tamil word for temple is koil (Tamil: ). The Spanish, the English, the Dutch and the French were also caught up in the TRAFFIC IN MEN'. Over many centuries a fusion of. Even in the last 2000 years, the Jews, Christians, Parsis, Agakhanis, and recently, the Tibetans have come to India to settle. [44] Renfrew and Bahn conclude that several scenarios are compatible with the data, and that "the linguistic jury is still very much out. The formation of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal took place in 1784, that was followed by Socitie Asiatique of Paris in 1822, Royal Asiatic Society of G.B. Aryan and Dravidian are English words, concocted by the British rulers and their historians, to describe the ancient people of India. The face is typically flat where the eyes are oblique with epicanthic fold. [8] According to Krishnamurti, Proto-Dravidian may have been spoken in the Indus civilisation, suggesting a "tentative date of Proto-Dravidian around the early part of the third millennium. Indian history has not yet been written by the original ionhabitants of India - the Dravidians. One of the series of lies, was concerning the cultural shock - those invaders provided scriptures, language and the caste system. The gender-number-person categories of the subject phrase in a sentence are reflected as the final constituent of certain finite verbs, as demonstrated by Tamil avan1 va-nt-n2 (literally he1 come-past-person2) he1 came2. Malayalam has lost this agreement feature in finite verbs. It was decided that the area south of the Vindhya would be suitable. No one, in fact, no historian has a right to indulge in guess-work about the country, to which they do not belong. Thus, by a simple stroke of the pen, the invasion by the Aryans (AIT) and ensuing destruction of property, killings of the indigenous, and imposition of slavery, all changed to peaceful migration and assimilation. [27] Traders and religious leaders travelled to southeast Asia and played an important role in the cultural Indianisation of the region. Perhaps, Revision as a subject should be introduced as a subject in Indian schools. However, because Aryans were not able to force the evacuation of all Dravidians to Southern India, some became slaves of Aryans and still reside in Northern India. This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:46. The two groups (ANI and ASI) extensively mixed in India between 4,200 and 1,900 years ago (2200 BCE 100 CE). Sports like Kambala, Jallikattu, Kabaddi, Vallam Kali, Lambs and Tigers and Maramadi remain strong among Dravidian ethnic groups. Phonological features of Dravidian languages, Historical development of Dravidian phonology, South-Central Dravidian phonological development, Central Dravidian phonological development. The object of the AIT was to demean the Indians. Between the three of them, they have produced world's alphabets, excluding the Chinese and the related ones. The obvious questions would be, whether the river was live and flowing as described in the Rigveda in 1000 BC, or even when the Aryans descended upon India in 1500 BC? [23], The Dravidian language influenced the Indo-Aryan languages. Dr Ambedkar's researches into Rigveda conclusively proved that the race of Aryans did not come from outside India. Bhikhubhai, great stuff. The Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) was part of the Divide & Rule Policy, which was carried out very successfully. of Education, to accept a major change, such as calling 'Aryan invasion' a migration into India. Thread: Aryan vs Dravidians - A Myth by Dr. Dr. Subramanian Swamy. (2016) discern four major ancestries in mainland India, namely ANI, ASI, Ancestral Austro-Asiatic tribals (AAA) and Ancestral Tibeto-Burman (ATB). There probably always existed linkages among the people living in various parts of the world. Many times these lungis are tube-shaped and tied around the waist, and can be easily tied above the knees for more strenuous activities. 2022 Beckoning-cat.com. They are spread over the states of, Kurukh are spread over parts of the states of. The Aryans shepherded the cattle as well as used horses to move around. In this, they have failed miserably to locate a single European country that could provide the required qualifications - culture and language. Dravidians have a different set of ethnic beliefs. White skinned people of the world are late comers. Das probably is aware of the 6-yearly text-books revision that was carried out by Cal Dept of Education (CDE) in the last quarter of 2005, when it was agreed by many, including the historian, Michael Witzel, that the so-called Aryan invasion be now called a migration. The British had representation in India in the form of British East India Co. Now the British, around 1776, had to leave America, they desired to concentrate in India. There were good reasons, for the Biblical Great Flood in 2350 BC, as well as the submergence of the Dwarica due to rise in the sea level around 3050 BC, and even the Ram Setu (Adam's Bridge) being under water for the same reasons. 2017, based on paternal DNA analysis,[62] Indians are most closely related to southern Europeans and people in the Levant and that this relation existed already before Steppe migration: These results suggest that the European-related ancestry in Indian populations might be much older and more complex than anticipated, and might originate from the first wave of agriculturists or even earlier, Narasimhan et al. The Dravidian peoples, or Dravidians, are an ethnolinguistic and cultural group living in South Asia who predominantly speak any of the Dravidian languages. The number words for 11 to 19, 21 to 29, and so on are formed by compounds of words for 10 or 20 followed by the words for 1 to 9e.g., *paHt-ontu 11 and *pat-i(n)- mu:ntu 13. Compounds meaning two-ten, three-ten, four-ten, for example, denote 2 10, 3 10, 4 10e.g., *iru-paHtu 20, *muH-paHtu 30, and *nal-paHtu 40. Proto-Dravidian *ntu 100 is the highest numeral reconstructed. 66 years passed by. Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia, Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India, History and Archaeology, Volume 1, Issues 12, "200-Year Drought Doomed Indus Valley Civilization", "The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia", "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix", "Global Religious Populations, 19102010", "Do you speak Telugu? The word 'Dravid" implies to a person who is the knower(drasta) of knowledge (Vidya), or a person from whom the knowledge flows. Max Muller and the historians were tied up in knots with the Christian chronology. Medieval Tamil guilds and trading organisations like the Ayyavole and Manigramam played an important role in the southeast Asia trade. Major Yeats-Brown, in his book Pageant of India, states in a literary fashion as follows : The budding was in the unknown mother-land, somewhere in the uplands of central Asia, whence these tall, blue-eyed people sallied forth in search of grazing lands.
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