Re: Aryan invasion theory and race

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@...> wrote:

> Unfortunately, for a class of historians who want to show that Mahabharata post dates the arrival of Greeks in India, yavan implies Greeks which is obviously as incorrect as saying yavan mughals were greeks!

The relevant issue is the *original* meaning of the word in the Indian world. You seem to be saying that the match between Hebrew _yawan_ 'Greek' and Sanskrit _yavana_ is a coincidence. Do I understand you?

The re-use of proper names does get rather excessive, as in Kambo:ja: for the land of the Khmers and Tai Yuan (= Greek Tais!) for the chief people of Northern Thailand.

Richard.