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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Roy_2k5: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: complexions. Some are black living mostly in the south, some are light skinned living mostly in the north, but many are just brown. [/QUOTE] Actually most Indians are quite dark skinned. I have seen many Bengalis, Gujuratis, Maharashtrians, etc that are just as dark as a typical Malayali. Let us remember that brown is a dark skinned colour. If you think that most Indians are tawny then you are far from reality. Even many Tamils are tawny but the majority of South Indians and Indians from Gujurat, Goa, Maharashtra are similar in skin complexion. However, the chances of finding a white skinned Indian in the North is more highe.r [QUOTE] What are you talking about? In Western racial categories, most Indians are 'brown', not black. Those Indians who share the same color as Africans are usually Dravidian speakers. [/QUOTE] You really need to visit Mumbai or even Bhopal. The majority are quite dark skinned. When I say Black, I am referring to a Scottie Pippen, Will Smith or even Puff Daddy range. I am not talking about Idi Amin complexion range. Indians are comparable to the average African, whom are more Brown. If we observe NBA athletes or other Black celebrities, they tend to be more Brown than Black. I have learned that Pakistanis try to look down at Indians because of their dark skin complexion. The Pakistanis think the same about the Bangladeshis. [QUOTE]Exactly where the Indo-European languages orginated is still a mystery, and exactly how they reached India is even more so! I agree with scholars that say Indo-European orginated somewhere in Eastern Europe, specifically in the steppes of Russia.[/QUOTE] Indo-European tongue is said to have been originated in Eastern Europe. It is said to have originated in Central Asia, closer to Iran. [QUOTE]My basis for this is the fact that the earliest references to Indo-European peoples all describe pale, tall, blonde, gray-eyed, Nordic Russian types. This is attested by Homers accounts of Achaeans(early Greeks) as well as the remains in the Mycenae tombs of Greece, and even the descriptions in Egyptian texts and tomb paintings of Mitanni royals. Surprisingly, even today, such types of people still survive in small isolated pockets of northern Iran; and even in Afghanistan among the Nuristani (formerly called Kafiri) people, and in northern Pakistan among the Kalash people. All of these people before their conversion to Islam, practiced early forms of the pagan Aryan religion. I do agree about what you say about Sanskrit! Even though it is an Indo-European language, many liguists do note that there [i]are[/i] certain features and vocabulary that are peculiar and distinct from Indo-European. The same is said about the Dardic languages of northernmost India that are related to Sanskrit, languages like Kashmiri and Shina. Such evidence suggests that Indo-European displaced the earlier languages indigenous to the area. Perhaps these earlier languages were somehow related to Burushaski, a language isolate spoken in northeastern Pakistan without even remote known relatives??[/QUOTE] How do these archeological evidence prove that the original speakers of the IE tongue were blondes? It is likely that the early Greeks had Blonde hair and blue eye, but that doesn't mean the original speakers of the IE were Nordic. There has yet to be proof about this assertion, just hollow claims. [QUOTE]I agree. There is evidence that suggests the caste system was indigenous to India, even before the Vedas, since there were Dravidian peoples found who practiced it. [/QUOTE] Yes. The break up of the caste system appears more urban. With castes that were Artisans and farmers, etc. The Aryan clan were warrior clans, that were on horse back, farmed, etc. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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