Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

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Who are we Indians Where did we come from Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South Asia since time immemorial But, as it turns out, time immemorial may not have been all that long ago To tell us the story of our ancestry, journalist Tony Joseph goes 65,000 years into the past when a band of modern humans, or Homo sapiens, first made their way from Africa into the Indian subcontinent Citing recent DNA evidence, he traces the subsequent large migrations of modern humans into India of agriculturalists from Iran between 7000 and 3000 BCE and pastoralists from the Central Asian Steppe between 2000 and 1000 BCE, among others As Joseph unravels our history using the results of genetic and other research, he takes head on some of the most controversial and uncomfortable questions of Indian history Who were the Harappans Did the Aryans really migrate to India Are North Indians genetically different from South Indians And are the various castes genetically distinct groups This book relies heavily on path breaking DNA research of recent years But it also presents earlier archaeological and linguistic evidence all in an entertaining and highly readable manner A hugely significant book, Early Indians authoritatively and bravely puts to rest several ugly debates on the ancestry of modern Indians It not only shows us how the modern Indian population came to be composed as it is, but also reveals an undeniable and important truth about who we are we are all migrants And we are all mixed. Best Read Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From Author Tony Joseph For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Indians are a people who are always a bit confused about their identity as Indians maybe because the nation itself is a relatively recent construct not ignoring the mythical Bharata and the regional and caste identities arestrongly embedded Ever since the West discovered the mystic East, there have been attempts to create an Indian past which is wholly spiritual based on the mythical, Vedic Aryan by the proponents of the enlightenment In colonial times, this Aryan became Indians are a people who are always a bit confused about their identity as Indians maybe because the nation itself is a relatively recent construct not ignoring the mythical Bharata and the regional and caste identities arestrongly embedded Ever since the West discovered the mystic East, there have been attempts to create an Indian past which is wholly spiritual based on the mythical, Vedic Aryan by the proponents of the enlightenment In colonial times, this Aryan became an invading race who destroyed the mature Harappan civilisation the same figure was taken to be the epitome o...India has had a weird relationship with its history prior to Mauryan empire History by its nature is imprecise but, in this case, confusion is compounded by the fact that Harappan script remains undeciphered and there are very few archaeological remains of Vedic society The confusion has only been furthered by ideologically motivated or imaginative thinkers who have colored this phase of history with their own agendas Top example remains forcibly trying to conflate Harrapans with Vedic India has had a weird relationship with its history prior to Mauryan empire History by its nature is imprecise but, in this case, confusion is compounded by the fact that Harappan script remains undeciphered and there are very few archaeological remains of Vedic society The confusion has only been furthered by ideologically motivated or imaginative thinkers who have colored this phase of history with their own agendas Top example remains forcibly trying to conflate Harrapans with Vedic society by force fitting Harrapan civilization as Sarasvati ...Everyone in our subcontinent Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis please read EARLY INDIANS by Tony Joseph Understand where we re coming from, how rich and diverse our roots are and how superficial our divisions are And it s all based on scientific evidence, not ideological wishful thinking.There is an image of the famous dancing girl of Harappa on the cover of this book as a nod perhaps to common knowledge that Early Indians for most of us refers to the Harappan Civilization Then, we are told, came the Aryans who somehow settled peacefully or not with the Harappans Think of it have you ever asked yourself where did the Harap...Tony Joseph s new book Early Indians The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From attempts to sell the colonial Aryan Invasion Theory s insidious 21st century version the Aryan Migration Myth on the basis of racist, Hinduphobic Harvard geneticist David Reich s thoroughly discredited research.The legendary Russian archaeologist Leo Klejn has thoroughly debunked Reich s pro AIT research.The New York Times has exposed Reich s dubious, deeply flawed research methodology, alleged Tony Joseph s new book Early Indians The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From attempts to sell the colonial Aryan Invasion Theory s insidious 21st century version the Aryan Migration Myth on the basis of racist, Hinduphobic Harvard geneticist David Reich s thoroughly discredited research.The legendary Russian archaeologist Leo Klejn has thoroughly debunked Reich s pro AIT research.The New York Times has exposed Reich s dubious, deeply flawed research methodology, alleged unethical practices, and unprecedented preferential treatment by scientific journals, thereby obliterating the basic premise behind the book s conclusions.This effectively consigns Joseph s book to the trash heap.Joseph s book is a calculated, calibrated neo colonial enterprise that was conceived, designed, and launched with a singular purpose in mind to revive the discredited Aryan Invasion Th...Who are we Indians Where did we come from Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South Asia since time immemorial But, as it turns out, time immemorial may not have been all that long ago To tell us the story of our ancestry, journalist Tony Joseph goes 65,000 years into the past when a band of modern humans, or Homo sapiens, first made their way from Africa into the Indian subcontinent.Citing recent DNA evidence, he traces the subsequent large migrations of modern humans into Who are we Indians Where did we come from Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South Asia since time immemorial But, as it turns out, time immemorial may not have been all that long ago To tell us the story of our ancestry, journalist Tony Joseph goes 65,0...The whole book was based on the Aryan Invasion theory It is good to note that there is some evidence which debunks this theory Rakhigarhi DNA study questions Aryan invasion theory, claims the authorThe findings are based on the study of the ancient genome in the skeletons excavated from Rakhigarhi.Readat economictimes.indiatimes.com articlesIn the later parts of the book, the author claimed there was a shred of archaeological evidence that the native people of Indus valley wors...First of all it s good read and will increase your knowledge Very good flow of the book and simplest possible explanation of complicated scientific Genetic terminology As your read the book some questions generated in your mind and you will get answer very next moment or paragraph Vey thought fully composed book and never bored you any time.But I find few problems with book or author s mind set or his intentions Vey first thing he has problem identifying Yogi Mudra seal of harrappan as First of all it s good read and will increase your knowledge Very good flow of the book and simplest possible explanation of complicated scientific Genetic terminology As your read the book some questions generated in your mind and you will get answer very next moment or paragraph Vey thought fully composed book and never bored you any time.But I find few problems with book or author s mind set or his intentions Vey first thing he has problem identifying Yogi Mudra seal of harrappan as Pashupati Siva Another impossible argument about ancient DNA finding He said they find some skeletal or DNA evidence in peripheral area of harrapns which are outlier from DNA finding of same area and this outlier has fist Indian genes so they can be consider as harrapans This argument I can t digest There Swastika symbols finding at harrappa which he doesn t mentioned and swastika related to Vedic people or Aryans There so many points when I feel, author is selective to give yo...First Things First The Aryan Invasion Migration Theory has been controversial in India for sometime now Originally, Max Mueller put forward this theory in the mid 19th century on basis of linguistics Mind well that the Harappan Indus Saraswati valley civilisation had not been discovered till then and surprisingly no written records of that civilisation remain, First Things First The Aryan Invasion Migration Theory has been controversial in India for sometime now Originally, Max Mueller put forward this theory in the mid 19th century on basis of linguistics Mind well that the Harappan Indus Saraswati valley civilisation had not been discovered till then and surprisingly no written records of that civilisation remain,Jay Vasavada History is not worth writing The discovery of the Harappan civilisation in the 1920s added a new chapter Who were the Harappans Were they also Indians or were they too migrants And what were the links between Harappan and Aryan Vedic civilisation Did the Harappan civilisation metamorph into the Aryan Vedic civilisation or did the Aryan Invasion Migration theory still hold The author looks at genetics, archaeology and linguistics to convincingly answer all the questions Starting with the Out of Africa migration 65000 years ago who he calls the First Indians , and the subsequent waves of migration mixing with the First Indians to give the birth of the first farming communities, ...After Rakhigarhi study, this book is very outdated now In his book he claimed there is decisive proof that Vedic Aryas were foreigners who entered India from Central Asia around 1500 BC and brought Vedic Sanskrit and Vedic religion with them In twitter after Rakhigarhi study He says Harappan genome lacks ancestry from Iranian farmers But in his book published a few months ago, Tony completely contradicts himself and claims Harappan Genome is a mixture of Iranian farmers and First After Rakhigarhi study, this book is very outdated now In his book he claimed there is decisive proof that Vedic Aryas were foreigners who...

Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
  • English
  • 14 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 256 pages
  • 938622898X
  • Tony Joseph
  • Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From