11-08-2005, 04:05 AM
dhu,Nov 7 2005, 01:13 PM]
Ravi>What is pertinent to our enquiry is the question of the identity of the foreigners for whom the Chinese use the term "Yueh-Chih". Further, from where did these Yueh-Chih penetrate into China? [/quote]
DHU> The Chinese are obviously referring to Xinkiang. We now know that this area was indeed occupied by the Harappans, who are otherwise same as the Punjabis/Sindhis. See Hemphill's craniometric studies in the DNA thread. So there is evidence that C Asia was being continuously populated by Indians from Harappan times. There are also the Shakta Temples in Turkmenistan.
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Ravi> The IVC is spread through to Central Asia
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Ravi>The names " Yueh-Chih" and "Kushana" are later names given to Jats or
a branch of them who migrated to Central Asian regions from Sindh in
ancient period.[/quote]
DHU>Guru Gobind Singh states in the Bichitra Nataka that Guru Nanak is a descendant of Rama's elder son Kush. Can the Kushans be seen as the descendants of Kush?
Ravi> it is possible. There is a tradition, that the sons of Ram went west. etsblishing Lahore and kingdoms further west.
DHU>But how do we account for the MOngolian features of Saka attire as seen here: http://img14.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=lo...ic_monument.jpg
It is also possible that the Hunnic Scythii refferred to by the Greeks have been conflated with the Indic Saka.
Ravi> the image URl does not work
It is quite possible that troops of Mongolian origin also joined the Huns!
If the two people are interacting it would not be unexpected for them to take Mongolian ladies as wives.
Ravi
Ravi>What is pertinent to our enquiry is the question of the identity of the foreigners for whom the Chinese use the term "Yueh-Chih". Further, from where did these Yueh-Chih penetrate into China? [/quote]
DHU> The Chinese are obviously referring to Xinkiang. We now know that this area was indeed occupied by the Harappans, who are otherwise same as the Punjabis/Sindhis. See Hemphill's craniometric studies in the DNA thread. So there is evidence that C Asia was being continuously populated by Indians from Harappan times. There are also the Shakta Temples in Turkmenistan.
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Ravi> The IVC is spread through to Central Asia
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Ravi>The names " Yueh-Chih" and "Kushana" are later names given to Jats or
a branch of them who migrated to Central Asian regions from Sindh in
ancient period.[/quote]
DHU>Guru Gobind Singh states in the Bichitra Nataka that Guru Nanak is a descendant of Rama's elder son Kush. Can the Kushans be seen as the descendants of Kush?
Ravi> it is possible. There is a tradition, that the sons of Ram went west. etsblishing Lahore and kingdoms further west.
DHU>But how do we account for the MOngolian features of Saka attire as seen here: http://img14.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=lo...ic_monument.jpg
It is also possible that the Hunnic Scythii refferred to by the Greeks have been conflated with the Indic Saka.
Ravi> the image URl does not work
It is quite possible that troops of Mongolian origin also joined the Huns!
If the two people are interacting it would not be unexpected for them to take Mongolian ladies as wives.
Ravi