Thank you, Dominik, I've found this to be a particularly useful synthesis: https://reich.hms.harvard.edu/sites/reich.hms.harvard.edu/files/inline-files/2009_Nature_Reich_India_0.pdf
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On Saturday, November 23rd, 2024 at 1:07 PM, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a quotation from the Introduction, p.5: > > The Beginnings of India’s History: Arche- > ological and Genetic History by Lavanya Vemsani utilizes the recently > available data > to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the beginnings of Indian > history. This > chapter traces the history of first Indians and their settlements utilizing > archaeo- > logical and genetic data. India is postulated to have settlements of 2 major > demo- > graphic events: The first, during 15 MYA (Million Years Ago) in the form of > the first > human ancestors also known as archaic humans or hominids (Homo sapiens) > catego- > rized as Sivapithecene and Ramapithecene (Dryopithecenes) in India. The next > larger > impactful event is traced to the settlement event of the Anatomically Modern > Humans > (Homo sapiens sapiens) about 170 KYA (Thousand Years Ago). Recent genetic and > 1 Introduction to Handbook of Indian History 5 > archeological research shows that these are the only two demographic events > that > shaped the history of India. However, a new theory, colonial theory > introduced in > 19th century popularly known as the Aryan invasion/migration was propounded in > the twentieth century colonialist histories of India, which proposed a > replacement > of the original prehistoric settlers of India by neolithic arrivals. However, > this third > theoretical event merely remains a fictional theoretical proposal due to lack > of archae- > ological and genetic evidence in India. This later migration event (Aryan > invasion/ > migration) has been disproved emphatically by Genetic history, which has > already > transformed the understanding of Pleistocene human settlements of Anatomically > Modern Humans in India, and their contributions to the peopling of the rest > of the > non-African world, referred to as Foundational event giving the name Founders > Zone > to India. The legacy of these early prehistoric Founders remains entrenched > in the > genetic make-up of the current residents of India, as analysis of MtDNA and Y > Chromosome heritage of present-day Indians shows, which will improve the > under- > standing of prehistory and shed light on the early human migrations. This > chapter > together with the other chapters included in this section helps allay the > colonialist > assumption of Aryan invasions/migration. > > This narrative asserts that there was never an Aryan migration into India and > that, on the contrary, South Asians are responsible for populating the whole > world except for Africa. This assertion is not supported by research > discoveries in human genetics and archaeology. > The book does not cite or engage with the voluminous research that would > contradict its assertions, including the foundational monograph by David > Reich and other publications from his laboratory, nor the publications of > Narasimhan et al., the classic works of David Anthony, the accessible account > by Tony Joseph, etc. etc. > > -- > Prof. Dominik Wujastyk > University of Alberta > > "The University of Alberta is committed to the pursuit of truth, > the advancement of learning, and the dissemination of knowledge > through teaching, research and other scholarly and creative activities and > service." > -- [Collective > Agreement](https://www.ualberta.ca/human-resources-health-safety-environment/media-library/my-employment/agreements/2020-2024-collective-agreement---working-version.pdf) > 3.01 > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 at 19:30, Lavanya Vemsani via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Happy to share the news of our book:Handbook of Indian History >> >> Further information on the book can be found here on the publisher's website: >> >> https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-6207-1 >> >> Thank you. >> >> Lavanya >> -- >> >> [Dr. Lavanya Vemsani]Ph.D. History (Univ. of Hyderabad) & Ph.D. Religious >> Studies (McMaster Univ.) >> >> Distinguished University Professor of History, Department of Social Sciences >> >> Shawnee State University >> >> Portsmouth OH 45662 >> >> V:7403513233 F:7403513153 >> [E:[email protected]](mailto:e%[email protected]) >> >> Editor, American Journal of Indic Studies >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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