| How I Became A Hindu My Discover Of Vedic Dharma |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| Ancient India: Myth Of The Aryan Invasion | |
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term Aryan in the Vedas has nothing to do with race, language or one
group of human beings attacking another. It is a term for good,
noble or refined as opposed to those who are evil, ignoble or
vulgar. The use of Aryan in a racial sense was an invention of
European thinkers steeped in the colonial era and its racist
policies.
Civilization all over the world is the product of a commingling of different streams, which is the main Vedic image of life. It comes about through the free interchange of ideas, customs and commodities. It is not the result of some imagine racial or linguistic purity but occurs when people of various backgrounds come together and share their diversity. To try to explain civilization as the product of one race or another is itself racism. To try to explain the development of culture through racial invasions and migrations ignores the creative work of people in the place where they live. The idea of an Aryan race invading and colonizing India was the shadow of the European colonial model on history that reflected nineteenth century Eurocentric views. It is quite contrary to the Vedic view of many Gods and Goddesses in a wonderful, friendship, harmony and inner unity. |
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