Re: Who can explain the comparisons?

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From: "kishore patnaik" <kishorepatnaik09@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:10 AM
Subject: [tied] Who can explain the comparisons?


> Dear all,
>
> Those who think Aryans have come from Urals or somewhere else seem to be
> getting into more and more soup, not palatable one at that.
>
> To start with, one would be tempted to say that the horse sacrifice of
> Altai
> Turks of the Urals is a pre runner of Aryan aswamedha. MW would want us to
> believe that Br Up's Dadhici and Aswin's story is a replay of a long
> tradition in Urals when the man is sacrificed and his head is replaced
> with
> that of a horse.
>
> So long it is fine, before you are stuck with a Dravidian language in
> Urals. Would you want to say that even that is a pre runner of Indian
> Dravidian languages?
>
> Not very comfortable question to answer , right??
>
> regards,
>
> Kishore patnaik
>
>
> --
> Love is a fruit in season at all times,
> and within the reach of every hand.
> ~:~ Mother Theresa ~:~

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Patrick:

For whatever it may be worth, my belief is that ethnic Caucasians, speaking
an as of yet unidentified Caucasian language, came into contact with
IIr-speaking people, and adopted their language.

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