Aryan Debate: Do the recent genetic studies validate Aryan invasion theory?
Last September, with the release of the genetic paper titled ‘An Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers’ by Shinde et al, which is about study conducted on ancient More...
Rakhigarhi and After- V: POSTSCRIPT- Indus Script at Keezhadi
At the last minute I have to add this postscript to the article because today, 20/9/2019, Scroll.in has just published an article claiming that the archaeological findings in Keezhadi in Tamilnadu have revealed More...
Rakhigarhi and After- IV: The AIT Brigade after Rakhigarhi
Strictly speaking, nothing new is being said by the AIT Brigade after the Rakhigarhi report other than making an issue of the doublespeak of certain geneticists who were co-authors of both the genetic reports. More...
Rakhigarhi and After- III: The Real Evidence versus the Manipulated Propaganda
So let us put the case in perspective before going on to the articles and comments by the spokespersons of the “scientists”. The case presented by the “geneticists” is a purely fraudulent More...
Rakhigarhi and After- II: ‘Invasion’ or ‘Migration’?
The whole question of whether the Indo-European languages were brought into India by the Steppe immigrants is often converted into an endless quibble on the word “invasion”. The whole discussion in More...
Rakhigarhi and After- I: What the Two Recent Genetic Reports Say
The 5th of September 2019 was a momentous day for researchers in ancient Indian history: two very long-awaited international genetic reports on ancient India, with huge potential for generating heated controversial More...