Indo-Aryans: Origins and Migration Theories

(William Jones; Morgan)

• Semi-nomadic Aryans migrated to India from Eastern Europe, particularly from regions north of the Black Sea.
• Linguistic similarities between Indo-European languages like Greek, Latin, German, and Sanskrit. 
• Example: Suryyas and Maruttash of the Kassite (Mesopotamia) inscriptions are equivalent to the Vedic Surya and Marut.

(Max Muller & E. Meyer Herzfeld)

• Linguistic parallels between the ‘Avesta,’ an Iranian text, and the ‘Vedas.’ 
• Both texts display not just word similarities but also shared concepts. 
• Example: Interchangeable use of ‘h’ and ‘s’ in words like Ahura (asura), Haoma (soma) etc.

(Bal Gangadhar Tilak)

• Tilak argued that the North Pole was the original home of Aryans during the pre-glacial period, which they left due to climate changes.
• References in the Vedas about six months of long days and nights, a phenomenon unique to the Arctic region.

(Swami Dayanand Saraswati)

• Sun and fire were worshiped in Tibet due to extreme cold, and the flora and fauna mentioned in Rig-Veda were found in Tibet. 

(Dr.Sampurnanad  and AC Das)

• Literary evidence from the Vedas, particularly the Rig Veda, emphasises the Sapta Sindhu as their primary homeland. 
• Linguistically, Sanskrit, with its vast array of original Indo-European terms, suggests a closer relationship to the ancestral Aryan language than other European languages. 
• Rituals detailed in the Vedic texts reflect practices rooted in India. 

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