David Frawley has an old article on the Celts that traces their origin to the Druhyus in Afghanistan. http://northernway.org/school/onwarticles.html The article is dated since it is pre-Oppenheimer.
Yes, they were purged by the Christians and disappeared with scarcely a whimper.
I would ascribe their origin to a hybrid mix of SE Asians and SSVC peoples. Their iconography and technology was SE Asian-Chinese in origin. Their language and knowledge was Indian in origin. Their long westward trajectory traces back to an originating locus far in the East.
also see talageri: http://voi.org/books/rig/ch7.htm
Yes, they were purged by the Christians and disappeared with scarcely a whimper.
I would ascribe their origin to a hybrid mix of SE Asians and SSVC peoples. Their iconography and technology was SE Asian-Chinese in origin. Their language and knowledge was Indian in origin. Their long westward trajectory traces back to an originating locus far in the East.
also see talageri: http://voi.org/books/rig/ch7.htm