05-01-2009, 11:41 PM
Bodhi or HH, i have a question about Afghanistan.
The current population of Aghanistan is made of Pathans & some other groups, all of these groups languages seem to be more close to Persian than Sanskrit.
My question is the current population descendants (full or partial) of the ancient Hindus & Buddhists who lived there or are they groups from Iran etc that moved in with all the original Hindu/Buddhist population being wiped out?
If it is the latter then I wonder at what time the last of the Hindus & Buddhists were killed off in that area & what kind of languages were spoken there when that area was under Hindu control.
The current population of Aghanistan is made of Pathans & some other groups, all of these groups languages seem to be more close to Persian than Sanskrit.
My question is the current population descendants (full or partial) of the ancient Hindus & Buddhists who lived there or are they groups from Iran etc that moved in with all the original Hindu/Buddhist population being wiped out?
If it is the latter then I wonder at what time the last of the Hindus & Buddhists were killed off in that area & what kind of languages were spoken there when that area was under Hindu control.