A interesting update (from BBC) on the popular Aryan Invasion Theory, which questions age old historical existence of Hinduism and challenges the age old (and still practiced) caste system, our evolution and existence !!
Who was Shiva? And why is he black? Was he the fighter from the Native Indian's side?
If he belonged to the original Indic population then were the Aryan's scared of him and was eventually accepted among one of them for his power and knowledge?
What about 'Brahma' ? Again, was he just a Aryan who rebuild the lost India ? Hence called the creator after the devastating fight between Indra and Shiva ? May be he was a 'Restoration Specialist' or worked for the 'Rehabilitation and Restoration' department of the Aryan Tribe!
Why does only Shiva appear in the remains or ruins of Indus Valley Civilization (Harappa, Mohenjodaro) ? Why isn't there any mention of Indra, Vishnu and Brahma in the most historical civilization from India ? This questions then the righteous position to the three hindu gods around whom revolves our lives : Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshwar?
Was Shiva an Alien and hence the Aryan's got scared and accepted him, but smartly marketed him as one of them :) ?
What about OM? Why is this symbol so closely related to Shiva? Is that the sound or vibration that the Aryans heard that carried My Alien Shiva in his space craft, and the first record of existence of Life from else where? The first contact of humans with Aliens, and hence he is feared and worshipped and treted so well in our history? And hence 'Om' was/is considered as the mother of sound? Is this why people connect with their own existence and inner self (and the alien touch) when they meditate or verbally repeat the word 'Om' ?
Is this why we have the mention of space shuttle, flying jets right from our Ramayana and Mahabharata days? And interesting to note that SHIVA existed even before that ! My theory more and more convinces me to believe that 'Shiva' was a Alien and 'Om' is the sound he made !!
Were 'Aryan's the first humans who made contact with the Aliens (rather they made) and hence left their evidence in different form for the future to explore and understand?
I just got lost in these few things over last couple of weeks, after I met a scientist from ATK and NASA and we ended up discussing lot of stuff on our own origin! It makes me wonder how would human civilization or the self obsessed Hindu civilization react to the a statement or fact that we are nothing but mere manifestation of some Alien experiment :). And our Gods are nothing but those Aliens with whom you can communicate even in silence?
OK now BBC's update.. and more from me in future..
One of the most controversial ideas about Hindu history is the Aryan invasion theory.
This theory, originally devised by F. Max Muller in 1848, traces the history of Hinduism to the invasion of India's indigenous people by lighter skinned Aryans around 1500 BCE.
The theory was reinforced by other research over the next 120 years, and became the accepted history of Hinduism, not only in the West but in India.
But many people argue that there is now evidence to show that Muller, and those who followed him, were wrong.
Others, however, believe that the case against the Aryan invation theory is far from conclusive.
The matter remains very controversial and highly politicised. The article below sets out the case made by those who believe that the Aryan invasion theory is seriously flawed.
The case against the Aryan invasion theory
The Aryan invasion theory was based on archaeological, linguistic and ethnological evidence.
Later research, it is argued, has either discredited this evidence, or provided new evidence that combined with the earlier evidence makes other explanations more likely.
Some historians of the area no longer believe that such invasions had such great influence on Indian history. It's now generally accepted that Indian history shows a continuity of progress from the earliest times to today.
The changes brought to India by other cultures are not denied by modern historians, but they are no longer thought to be a major ingredient in the development of Hinduism.
Dangers of the theory
Opponents of the Aryan invasion theory claim that it denies the Indian origin of India's predominant culture, and gives the credit for Indian culture to invaders from elsewhere.
They say that it even teaches that some of the most revered books of Hindu scripture are not actually Indian, and it devalues India's culture by portraying it as less ancient than it actually is.
The theory was not just wrong, some say, but included unacceptably racist ideas:
- it suggested that Indian culture was not a culture in its own right, but a synthesis of elements from other cultures
- it implied that Hinduism was not an authentically Indian religion but the result of cultural imperialism
- it suggested that Indian culture was static, and only changed under outside influences
- it suggested that the dark-skinned Dravidian people of the South of India had got their faith from light-skinned Aryan invaders
- it implied that indigenous people were incapable of creatively developing their faith
- it suggested that indigenous peoples could only acquire new religious and cultural ideas from other races, by invasion or other processes
- it accepted that race was a biologically based concept (rather than, at least in part, a social construct) that provided a sensible way of ranking people in a hierarchy, which provided a partial basis for the caste system
- it provided a basis for racism in the Imperial context by suggesting that the peoples of Northern India were descended from invaders from Europe and so racially closer to the British Raj
- it gave a historical precedent to justify the role and status of the British Raj, who could argue that they were transforming India for the better in the same way that the Aryans had done thousands of years earlier
- it downgraded the intellectual status of India and its people by giving a falsely late date to elements of Indian science and culture
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