11-03-2008, 08:02 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Brentjes argues that there is not a single cultural element of central Asian, eastern European, or Caucasian origin in the Mitannian area </b>and associates with an Indo-Aryan presence the peacock motif found in the Middle East from before 1600 BCE and possible as long ago as 2100 BCE ( Brentjes 1981, p. 147 in Bryant 2001, p. 137).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->