Is Aryan Invasion Theory a Shame for all Indians.
Is Aryan Invasion Theory a Shame for all Indians. In the late 19 th century The hypothesis of the Aryan invasion of India was invented. Linguistic Friedrich Max Muller first suggested it in 1884. He was appointed by the British government to translate the Rig Veda. H e observed that the Sanskrit, Latin, Persian & Greek languages had many common words. He thought that people speaking similar words must have been related sometime in the past and might have common ancestors. Therefore, some people might have come from some other country in India. Max Muller & other historians suggested that around 4000 years ago, a fair-skinned race migrated from Central Asia to Europe & Iran. Later, a few groups from the Iranian migrants also invaded India. The poets of Rigveda were considered to be 'Arya,' the British called them the Aryans. It was an attack on Indian History by Western imperialists, both political and cultural. They made us think that ...