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Sindoi ethnos Indikon was a phrase discovered in ancient greek writings that described the sindoi/maeotae tribes dominating the area north of the black sea(aka temarunda from tamas). The unbiased translaton is 'Sindoi, an Indian tribe'. Of course, the euros have gone through umpteen linguischtick contortions to turn these indian settlers in the heart of europe into aboriginal albino sanskritists poised to invade india, just as you anticipate that they will do for the gypsies.
Here's a taste of the linguistic joker Cyril Babaev's rant:
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Another interesting gloss is the Hesychius's dictionary which gives the following: Sindoi ethnos Indikon. There were many versions of interpreting this: "Sindes - a Sindic tribe", which is a nonsense, or "Sindes - a Scythian tribe" which is too far from the text and therefore doubtful. The most natural will be the translation "Sindes - an Indic tribe" which can be true....So the varying name of the tribe around the Black Sea Sindoi - Indoi, Sindikes - Indikes should not be a stumbling point for linguists - that is just an evidence of Iranian contacts with a nation called that way.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Some more rant from joker babaev:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Archaeological research of the Pontic region around the Don river and some more historical evidence allow us to state that Sindes were involved in agriculture and that's why were not nomadic, as Scythians. Remains of ancient channels they built to irrigate their fields can still be seen there, and these irrigations were meant already by Roman travelers. This fact is just another proof of deep differences between Sindo-Maeotes and Scythian nomads.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Irrigation channels just happen to be the mainstay of SSVC. All the puzzle pieces fit together beautifully as soon as we admit an emigration out of India north to the Black sea. Also, we can notice the interplay betwen settled economic power and transient nomadic offshoots. The case between Indic/irano-scythian is replicated again in Sino/Tibetan. There is also the irrefutable evidence of the Kassite use of the peacock motif in the ME.
Babaev is a superstar in linguistc circles. But any average Indian can easily tear apart his pseudoarguments.
Sindoi ethnos Indikon was a phrase discovered in ancient greek writings that described the sindoi/maeotae tribes dominating the area north of the black sea(aka temarunda from tamas). The unbiased translaton is 'Sindoi, an Indian tribe'. Of course, the euros have gone through umpteen linguischtick contortions to turn these indian settlers in the heart of europe into aboriginal albino sanskritists poised to invade india, just as you anticipate that they will do for the gypsies.
Here's a taste of the linguistic joker Cyril Babaev's rant:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://indoeuro.bizland.com/archive/article17.html
Another interesting gloss is the Hesychius's dictionary which gives the following: Sindoi ethnos Indikon. There were many versions of interpreting this: "Sindes - a Sindic tribe", which is a nonsense, or "Sindes - a Scythian tribe" which is too far from the text and therefore doubtful. The most natural will be the translation "Sindes - an Indic tribe" which can be true....So the varying name of the tribe around the Black Sea Sindoi - Indoi, Sindikes - Indikes should not be a stumbling point for linguists - that is just an evidence of Iranian contacts with a nation called that way.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Some more rant from joker babaev:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Archaeological research of the Pontic region around the Don river and some more historical evidence allow us to state that Sindes were involved in agriculture and that's why were not nomadic, as Scythians. Remains of ancient channels they built to irrigate their fields can still be seen there, and these irrigations were meant already by Roman travelers. This fact is just another proof of deep differences between Sindo-Maeotes and Scythian nomads.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Irrigation channels just happen to be the mainstay of SSVC. All the puzzle pieces fit together beautifully as soon as we admit an emigration out of India north to the Black sea. Also, we can notice the interplay betwen settled economic power and transient nomadic offshoots. The case between Indic/irano-scythian is replicated again in Sino/Tibetan. There is also the irrefutable evidence of the Kassite use of the peacock motif in the ME.
Babaev is a superstar in linguistc circles. But any average Indian can easily tear apart his pseudoarguments.