Re: Re[4]: [tied] Economic analysis of Indian History: meaning of Ar

Aaron < Aharon is Hebrew, a non-IE language
The Aryans are definitely identified with Afghanistan.
They passed through there on the way to India and 90%
of them them speak Indo-Iranian languages.
Read Witzel
Being high born is definitely economic. Who makes more
money --Brahmins or Dalits? In an economic sense, the
high born are parasites who live off the labor of
everyone else


--- kishore patnaik <kishorepatnaik09@...>
wrote:

> The connection of Ar with high mountains is more
> forced and is connected to
> the biblical character Aaron, elder brother of
> Moses.
>
> None in the huge spectrum of Aryan theories,
> including one that connects
> them with Afganistan, identifies them with mountain
> people.
>
> On the other hand, the meaning high born is not
> economical. It is more
> social in nature and by the time this meaning is
> ascribed, the Varna/caste
> system has become more of a social order from an
> economic division of
> labour.
>
> You are wrong in saying that brahmins have
> overlorded every one. Can I say
> that IT people in India today are overlording to
> enjoy at the expense of
> every one else????
>
> Kishore patnaik
>

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