An analysis of supposed racism in Rig Veda and the true meaning of Arya
Introduction Much has been written about the Aryan invasion of India by nomadic pastoral Indo-European speaking Aryans who moved into India after the era of Harappan civilization, starting around 1500 BCE according to various authors. Although recent evidence from numerous studies in different fields do not support any sort of large scale influx of foreign population into India during this period, many authors still cling on to this theory. Even worse, there are people who stick to the old racial theory about Aryan invasion, where the Indo-European Aryans are said to be fair complexioned, light haired and eyed ‘white’ invaders from eastern Europe and the Steppes who subjugated the native dark complexioned aboriginal non-Aryan population of India and enslaved or massacred them after destroying their civilization and made them flee to south. The aborigines are said to be the Dasas or alternatively the Dasyus in Vedic literature as per the proponents of this view. This view is still...