Are 'Aryans' Indigenous to India? The Archaeological Evidence

Does archaeology show that Indo-Aryans entered into the Indian subcontinent in the 2nd millennium BCE, or does it show that they started in the Indian subcontinent and migrated outward? This video takes a deep dive into the evidence.

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[WorldofAntiquity]

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[sourovdas]

honesty as an indian i don't care aryans were outsiders or not, every race in modern day is mixed and migration happend and is happening always. in pure sense you can say everyone outside of Africa is outsider settlers, because homo sapiens originated in Africa and migrated outwards. our indian race has it's own unique mixture of groups and i am proud of this unique genetic and cultural identity

[arithevampire]

Omg as an Indian, I wanted to read about this for so long this is the first sane and scientific video on this topic

[pcatful]

So great that today you can have a such conversation with someone on the other side of the world.

[jeffreyjordan]

It's always a pleasant surprise to look through YouTube on Sunday morning and have one of these great videos pop up.

[annepoitrineau]

"The population of India was too large for immigrants to fit in" is frankly the silliest argument I have heard in this video.
Also: when the Romans invaded France, "everything was continuing", it romanised, but there was continuity. Keltic motives were used right through the middle ages. The break came with the Renaissance, in fact, and this was not linked to immigration, and spread from Italy. The french invaded...and took art back home

[DataBeingCollected]

Great video! This is an excellent topic to tackle. I want to see more of this kind of stuff, not just in India, but everywhere where modern beliefs (cultural, economic, religious, political, etc) feel the need to intrude and take precedence (for whatever reason) over the objective reality of the past.

[silk]

The problem with Indian archaeology is a funding problem. Lack of sufficient funds limits true research. Large gaps exist which are filled with dramatic theories by these amateur historians. Social media does not help!

[vinu]

Realy stupid for a history student not to point out the role of Christian missionaries is creating the Aryan Dravidan divide .most literature is created by them .

[MrGksarathy]

I feel the guest didn't quite articulate this well, but South Indian/Dravidian nationalism is all in on the Aryan Invasion Theory because it supports their narrative of imperialist subjugation by Northerners who aren't "native", unlike Dravidians. Brahmins, like myself, are also considered Aryan invaders and oppressors in this logic. Thus, the Brahmin population is generally more in support of Hindu nationalism and the OI theory.

[KarlKarsnark]

There is no "controversy". Only people who actively deny the evidence call it a "controversy".

[petrapetrakoliou]

Representing a horse and domesticating a horse are two quite different things. At Chauvet, representations of horses date to 36 000 years ago, but they weren't domesticated....

[ankushyadav]

15:50 she is completly wrong dravidian movement and demand for seprate nation was started in south north has nothing to do with it. She is a great lier i can point out thousands of her lies in this video. Ask her to proof that this aryan and dravidan was started by north indians, this north south was srated by a south indian Periyar.

[pannobhasa]

No amount of evidence will persuade certain devout Hindus that Brahmins weren't speaking Sanskrit in India for literally millions of years.

[AB-etnj]

Disha Ahluwalia was great. Makes me realize that Western audiences are definitely missing native scholars in these debates.

[MoreSantosh]

She will now teach archeology to Dr. Shinde Who has found hundreads of sites, done original research, found Rakhigarhi and did major work

[kahajw]

A Tight slap on the face of ITI pass Self declared Archeologist 'Science Journey' 😂😂😂

[dilpunjabi]

thanx for collabing with an actual Indian archiologist

[CropDudiap]

here before the literal *millions* of Indian right wingers dislike this and spam the comments with pseudoscience!

[chcomes]

The comment section will be a carnage of Hindu nationalists vs. reality...