Ravi,
Would you agree that, from the earliest times, the Mongoloid component is overrepresented in C asia compared to that derived from the native indo-afghan type. So there is nothing extraordinary in the fact that Kushans were indeed Mongoloid. You can see for yourself a reconstruction of timur's face: http://www.silk-road.com/artl/timur.shtml . Timur was a native of samarkhand and it is not all that much different from kushan art samples you provide. I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that timur was a descendant of Kanishka, only that they were accultured differently; one to the dominant buddhism/Shaivism; the other to Arabic savagery.
Kushan horse-riding culture (with tunics, longbows, etc,) before their acculturation to the area is most represented by mongolian culture. Only Mongolians today retain the basic traits of this culture. This culture stretched all the way from korea to central asia.
There is the very real and weighty evidence that when the Huns were at the gates of Constantinople, they were addressed as descendants of the scythii (saka).
Also can you provide one instance where the chinese were the least bit concerned about a powerful non-mongoloid nomadic group.
Also you do state that there are references to Jat clans in the Veda.
Would you agree that, from the earliest times, the Mongoloid component is overrepresented in C asia compared to that derived from the native indo-afghan type. So there is nothing extraordinary in the fact that Kushans were indeed Mongoloid. You can see for yourself a reconstruction of timur's face: http://www.silk-road.com/artl/timur.shtml . Timur was a native of samarkhand and it is not all that much different from kushan art samples you provide. I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that timur was a descendant of Kanishka, only that they were accultured differently; one to the dominant buddhism/Shaivism; the other to Arabic savagery.
Kushan horse-riding culture (with tunics, longbows, etc,) before their acculturation to the area is most represented by mongolian culture. Only Mongolians today retain the basic traits of this culture. This culture stretched all the way from korea to central asia.
There is the very real and weighty evidence that when the Huns were at the gates of Constantinople, they were addressed as descendants of the scythii (saka).
Also can you provide one instance where the chinese were the least bit concerned about a powerful non-mongoloid nomadic group.
Also you do state that there are references to Jat clans in the Veda.