Who are the Indo-Aryan peoples?

The Indo-Aryan peoples or the Indic peoples are a diverse collection of ethnolinguistic groups speaking Indo-Aryan languages, a subgroup of the Indo-European language family. There are over one billion native speakers of Indo-Aryan languages, [not verified in body] most of them native to the Indian subcontinent…

Why did Indian media report the opposite of Indo-Aryan migration?

Two new genetic studies upheld Indo-Aryan migration. So why did Indian media report the opposite? Science is proving India’s incredible diversity. But this clashes directly with Hindutva’s racially nativist understanding of the subcontinent. The spread of the Steppe pastoralists and their descendants from the East European Steppe to India.

Did European steppe bring Indo-Aryan language to India?

However, much of the Indian media did not bother to explain that the new research actually upheld the theory that people with European Steppe ancestry had brought the Indo-Aryan language branch to India – not overturned it. In contrast, the media in the West (with no political dog in this fight) communicated this fact rather well.

Why is the term ‘Aryan’ being replaced by ‘ Indo-Iranian’?

The atrocities committed in the name of Aryanist supremacist ideologies have led academics to avoid the term ‘Aryan’, which has been replaced in most cases by ‘ Indo-Iranian ‘, although the South Asian branch is still known as ‘ Indo-Aryan ‘.

Who are the ancestors of the Indo-Iranians?

They were the ancestors of Indo-Iranians, Indo-Aryans, Slavs, and Balts ( Lithuanians, most Latvians, and Old Prussians ), and they also provided part of the ancestry of Germanics (which explains why Germanics were notably different from their Celtic neighbours – see below).

What is ancestral South Indian (ASI)?

This mixture, which is around 25 percent Iranian farmer and 75 percent aboriginal Indian, spread throughout the subcontinent by 4,000 years ago, and has been labeled by scientists as Ancestral South Indian (ASI), another misnomer since ASI populations were the base populations of most of the subcontinent prior to 2,000 BCE.

Did Indo-Europeans originate in India?

Hindu nationalists have claimed that Indo-Europeans, often conflated with the Aryans, who were just one of many Indo-European groups, originated in India, or at least northwestern India (Punjab).