05-30-2007, 07:09 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+May 27 2007, 10:51 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ May 27 2007, 10:51 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I think, we can not write off philology as a source of anthopological historical analysis, but rather utilize it to turn the tables on AIT. I agree, AIT can not be the only theory to explain this, but also 'mutual-neighborly-influence' or trade-relations, alone is not plausible.
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I would not underestimate importance of trade. British Empire was nothing but a trade Empire. As Kalavai venkat has Shown, there are plenty of Indian Artifacts in the ME and neighboring environs, but near zero ME artifacts in India; this situation is indictiove of an extended and disproportionate Indic presence and influence in the ME. We also have late era specifically Indic spillover into ME and Pontic steppes regions; in contrast there is no Russian or german to be found in India or ME. See recent posts by one Vedaprakash on HC to realize full extent of Indic influnece in the "west". As pointed out beofre, the IEzation of Eurpe was an unintended consequence of Indic interaction with the ME.
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I would not underestimate importance of trade. British Empire was nothing but a trade Empire. As Kalavai venkat has Shown, there are plenty of Indian Artifacts in the ME and neighboring environs, but near zero ME artifacts in India; this situation is indictiove of an extended and disproportionate Indic presence and influence in the ME. We also have late era specifically Indic spillover into ME and Pontic steppes regions; in contrast there is no Russian or german to be found in India or ME. See recent posts by one Vedaprakash on HC to realize full extent of Indic influnece in the "west". As pointed out beofre, the IEzation of Eurpe was an unintended consequence of Indic interaction with the ME.