Re: Indo-European Studies
Marc W.D. Tyrrell (mwtyrrel@ccs.carleton.ca)
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 16:35:15 GMT
In article <3udrfu$mpp@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> verma@awecim.enet.dec.com (Virendra Verma) writes:
>From: verma@awecim.enet.dec.com (Virendra Verma)
>Subject: Re: Indo-European Studies
>Date: 17 JUL 95 09:56:47
>In article <3u69ne$r8o@hpindda.cup.hp.com>, seshadri@cup.hp.com (Raghu Seshadri) writes...
> What bothers me with the Aryan invasion theory is that they had to
> face the so called an advanced civilization of Dravidians. How could
> it be possible? In modern time, can few third-world nomads invade
> modern Europe or America? It doesn't make any sense to me. It needs
> lots of scientific basis to prove as to why a few barbarions could
> displace an advanced civilization to the south.
Well, the Turks certainly proved that it could be done against the Byzantines;
the arabs against the Persian Empire, the Goths against the Romans, the
Mongols against the Chinese, etc., etc., etc.
Marc Tyrrell
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