Indo-Iranian (IIr) homeland. Was (Re: Meaning of Aryan: now, "white

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

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> --- mkelkar2003 <swatimkelkar@...> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco
> > Brighenti" <frabrig@>
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> > > 1. the early habitat of Proto-Indo-Iranians was in
> > an area close to
> > > the Central Asian steppe-taiga interface, e.g.,
> > near the Urals;
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> > > 2. these Proto-Indo-Iranians called themselves
> > *arya-.
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> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Francesco
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> > "Indo-Iranian" is a linguistic idea. It does not
> > refer to any actual
> > people who can be traced back into history.
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> ****GK: The Indo-Iranian collectivity broke up before
> the beginning of "history", sometime in the third
> millennium BCE, while still in the steppes of Eurasia.
> This collectivity can be traced back into
> "prehistory", partly on linguistic, partly on
> archaeological grounds. Since the break occurred long
> before the Indo-Aryans appeared in the Indian
> subcontinent as a notable presence, the reconstruction
> and trace=back does not involve studying Indian or
> Iranian archaeological data.****

Check out what the Harvard archaeologist Lambarg Karlovsky 2005.pdf
about the "Indo-Iranian" collectivity. Thanks!

M. Kelkar

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