Harappans, Aryans, and the BMAC: Indian Origins

Описание: What is the cultural legacy of the Indus Valley / Harappan Civilization? How much continuity was there between the IVC and Vedic India? What is the truth of the much-discussed and controversial "Aryan Migration?" And what about those folks in the mountains on the way to India, known as the Oxus Civilization or BMAC (Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex)? All this and more, all extensively researched (see the list of links below). This video will actually kicks of a series on ancient Indian mythology which will cover the Harappan seals and the Vedic cosmic world tree, known as Ashvattha, Pipal, or Bhodi tree.

intro theme and flamenco music: Minera by ‪@JohnWalshGuitar‬
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Research Links (thanks tremendously to everyone here!):

The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia (Narasimhan):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers (Shinde)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31495...

Sintashta, BMAC, and the Indo-Aryans (WItzel)
https://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~w...

Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Witzel)
http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete...

Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Witzel)
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...

Migration maps and more: https://indo-european.eu/

PIE basics video from ‪@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449‬
   • Proto-Indo-European Origins | DNA  

Ultimate resource for all things Harappan:
https://www.harappa.com/

Drone View of Mohenjodaro video from ‪@nationalfundformohenjodaro4594‬
   • Drone view of Mohenjodaro (The Indus Valle...  

Comprehensive presentation on Harappa / IVC by Michel Danino ‪@IITGNOfficial‬
   • Harappan Civilization | Michel Danino | In...  

Authoritative‪@WorldofAntiquity‬ Aryan Migration videos:
P1:    • Did Civilization Begin in India?  
P2:    • Indo-Aryan Migration: In or Out of India?  

‪@HistoriaMaxima‬ Aryan Migration video:
   • Who Were The Aryans? | Aryan Migration to ...  

‪@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449‬ video on the accurate use of the word "Aryan"
   • Aryan Origins | Migration Theory and Etymo...  

‪@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449‬ video on P.I.E. origins with geneticist Rhazib Khan
   • Indo European Origins | DNA | Geneticist R...  

Dr. Mark Kenoyer Indus Textiles presentation ‪@harappa.comtheancientindus9689‬ :
   • Textiles and Basketry of the Indus Traditi...  

Dr. Mark Kenoyer Indus script presentation‪@harappa.comtheancientindus9689‬
   • The Indus Script DeMystified: Origins, Cha...  

Pictographic inscriptions in the Oxus civilization
https://archeorient.hypotheses.org/15625

Comprehensive presentation on the BMAC by Dr. Bertille Lyonnet, from ‪@artandarchaeologyofancient2455‬
   • The Oxus Civilization/BMAC: a recent overview  

Namaste origins in the BMAC:
   • Dr. MICHEAL WITZEL, PROFESOOR, HARVARD UNI...  

Sintashta were a major evolution of Steppe Culture
https://indo-european.eu/2018/05/sint...

Excellent ‪@DanDavisHistory‬ video on Sintashta:
   • Bronze Age Chariot Warriors: The Sintashta...  

JSTOR article mentioning BMAC mythology:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24049242...

The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant (Agranat-Tamir)
https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8...