2007-09-29 17:52:34 · 7 answers · asked by rihannsu 2 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
They probably looked similar to modern Russians and White Russians since the Slavic languages appear to be the closest relatives of the Indo-Iranian group of languages to which Sanskrit (the language of the Aryans) belonged.
If we look at the modern Russian population we find that blues eyes and fair skin are fairly common among them. Blond hair exists too but is a little less common than in Poland, Germany and the Scandinavian countries.
The Aryans seem to have all but disappeared in modern India. Declining birthrates and intermarriage with the native Dravidian population may have had something to do with it. There may have been some unknown epidemics that killed many of them too.
The nearest place to India now where fair-skinned, blue-eyed people can still occasionally be seen is Afghanistan.
The main Aryan legacy to India seems to be their languages. Hindi, Gujurati, Punjabi, Bengali and Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) are all Aryan (or Indo-European languages) descended from Sanskrit.
Aryans have been traditionally blamed for starting the caste system in India since it is based on skin color. However, this is now disputed by many historians . They claim that the caste system has probably always existed in Hindusm and could easily have been started by the lightest skinned individuals among the Dravidians.
2007-09-29 19:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by Brennus 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yes,that's what the history says though there aren't any eye witnesses.By the way ,the theory of Aryan invasion from northern India stands questioned and no body is sure.
2007-09-29 17:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you have to do is look at the middle east people of today and see that they are obviously of some caucasian descent.
However, as with all mixed race societies, they practice a caste system within their own race.
Typically, the mixed race majority are the working class, the ones who look white are the ruling class, and the ones who look less than 25% white are the poverty class.
Remember the afghan girl with the green eyes on the cover of National Geographic?
2007-09-30 04:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the plantagent normans who had just taken over england led the crusades of the middle ages , approx 11 th century the 4 major waves of the crusades lasted 270 years, and the crusaders owned modern syria, lebanon and palestine and jordon for this time, and had obviously intermarried with the indigeous people. this is why king richard the lionheart is such a famous english leader of the time as well syria was owned by the roman empire, for 500 years before the birth of jesus christ. as well the grandson of gengis khan had attacked the cahiphate of the time burning down bagdad and damascus in 1358
2016-05-17 07:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but i know something fishy about the aryans- the arayns cdivilastion when excevated showed sings of normal activities liek cleaning n education and then it suddenly dissapered.were aryans aliens?im of 5/8 indien descent maybe aryans- am i alien?
2007-09-30 00:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by noob hustler 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it is'nt true, will that do, for you, the noo,
2007-10-01 12:53:31 · answer #6 · answered by jingles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might be, but I m not confirmed
2007-09-29 18:02:58 · answer #7 · answered by Rana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋