aryans. some europeans are aryans. are indians (from india) aryans as well??
2006-08-27 20:03:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Aryans as a race is a 19th century European construct. The original word (Arya) for Aryan comes from RIgveda, (the highest holy book of Hinduism), which means 'A Noble Person' The Nazis corrupted it's meaning and used it for their hate campaign.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/indusrivercivilizations/a/aryans.htm
2006-08-30 09:58:16 · answer #1 · answered by enlight100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes absolutely. The Aryans started in what is modern day Iran/Iraq and they spread North and East.
The Aryans that spread North became the Modern Day Europeans.
The Aryans that spread East became the modern day North Indians. The ones in Indian with a faired complexion and straight hair.
Remember, India already had the natives Dravids who were darker and curly haired - more like the Southern Indians.
2006-08-28 03:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by MM 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Aryan (/ÉËrjÉn/) is an English language word derived from the Sanskrit and Iranian terms ari-, arya-, Ärya-, and/or the extended form aryÄna-. The Sanskrit and Old Persian languages both pronounced the word as arya- (/ÉËrjÉ/) and aryan. Beyond its use as the ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians, the meaning "noble/spiritual" has been attached to it in Sanskrit and Persian. In linguistics, it is sometimes still used in reference to the Indo-Iranian language family, but it is primarily restricted to the compound Indo-Aryan, the Indic subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch.
2006-08-28 03:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by Darkness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I remember from history classes,A group of Arians immigrated from Russia(Sybree) to Persia and and lived in 3parts of persia but at that time India was not a part of persia so if some indians are arians ,their ancestors immigrated from persia to India.
2006-08-28 03:24:02 · answer #4 · answered by Lili 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope
2006-08-28 03:08:23 · answer #5 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
re-learn your history. the aryan invasion never occured, and there was never any actual aryan people. so, i guess the answer would be no.
2006-08-28 03:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by nyxavenger 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You cant say so as most Hindu nation is Dravidian not Arian. Arias are originally from Persia and Iraq, there is though a very small population of Arians in Nepal and north India but its very small. So Tamil or Punjabi or any other Hindustani nation isn’t an Arian.
2006-08-28 03:07:50 · answer #7 · answered by Hunter_boy* 4 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Why would you want to put a label on yourself that in this country has such hate and bigotry connected to it?
2006-08-30 17:00:39 · answer #8 · answered by kathy r 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the aryan race is anyone with blonde hair and blue eyes
2006-08-28 03:06:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
nope sorry
2006-08-28 03:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋