either/or

[Arun Gupta]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:30:53 +0530, Rajesh Kochhar <rkk at NISTADS.RES.IN>
wrote:

>Did the Aryans invade India?
>Suppose the answer is no. Then does it automatically follow that India is
>the original habitat of the Aryans?
>The answer must be an emphatic NO.
>Very often the two questions are seen as two sides of a coin, which they
>are not. It is important to address these questions separately


In principle, the introducers of Indo-European language into India,
introducers of horse & chariot into India and authors of the RV are
potentially distinct.  These people may be significantly separated in time,
may have ancestor/descendant relationships, or they may be different groups
of people.  These should not all be confused by using one term -- "Aryan"
-- until identity is demonstrated.

-arun gupta