12-12-2007, 11:38 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Dec 12 2007, 03:22 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Dec 12 2007, 03:22 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->If they were people escaping the Islamic invasions of the early 1000 A.D. they could have acquired their name from Rum ie Byzantium. OTH if they were westward migrating tribes of Dom that could be another explanation. Has any one studied the Dommari/Banjara tribals and the Roma people? What I find difficult is to associate them with Rajputs. They might even be from before the Islamic invasions. The descriptions of their theogony (Varuna etc) speaks of Vedic gods.
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why not being descendents from the rajputs? the warlike behavior and high self-esteem of the roma are not also traits of the rajputs?
other theory sugest a central India origin,base on language substrat,or genetic similarity whit sinhala and bengalese;the highest concentration of nomads in India is also in central India.
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why not being descendents from the rajputs? the warlike behavior and high self-esteem of the roma are not also traits of the rajputs?
other theory sugest a central India origin,base on language substrat,or genetic similarity whit sinhala and bengalese;the highest concentration of nomads in India is also in central India.