08-06-2009, 11:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2009, 11:37 PM by HareKrishna.)
The gypsy must came from an area that suffered jewish cultural contamination.
The oldest jew comunites are in Maharastra and Kerala-over 2000years old.
Other jews comunities are new-less then 500 years old,like the bagdhadi jews.
This map show the biggest jewish comunites.
http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engi...unities_map.png
Also gypsy have a few parsi elements in their customs(like leting a fire burning ).The parsis escape from islam advance and sttled mainly in Maharastra via Gujarat.Gypsy must folowed the same rute but in the oposite direction.
<img src='http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6581/indianjewscommunitiesma.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
http://img200.imageshack.us/i/indianjews...iesma.png/
ADDED:as circumstantial evidence we see that early migrants from India were from the south.
Chola empire which subjected Indo-china was from south.Teravadha buddhism from Indochina was revitalised also from south.Indians from Malaesya are also from the south.
The oldest jew comunites are in Maharastra and Kerala-over 2000years old.
Other jews comunities are new-less then 500 years old,like the bagdhadi jews.
This map show the biggest jewish comunites.
http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engi...unities_map.png
Also gypsy have a few parsi elements in their customs(like leting a fire burning ).The parsis escape from islam advance and sttled mainly in Maharastra via Gujarat.Gypsy must folowed the same rute but in the oposite direction.
<img src='http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6581/indianjewscommunitiesma.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
http://img200.imageshack.us/i/indianjews...iesma.png/
ADDED:as circumstantial evidence we see that early migrants from India were from the south.
Chola empire which subjected Indo-china was from south.Teravadha buddhism from Indochina was revitalised also from south.Indians from Malaesya are also from the south.