Reactions to AIT

Embracing AIT

  • In 1898 Tilak wrote “The Arctic Home in the Vedas”. This work propounded the theory that the North Pole was the original home of the Aryans in the pre-glacial period, who migrated to the Northern parts of Europe, Asia and eventually India by about 3000 BCE +++(?? Date provided?)+++.
  • Savarkar wrote a booklet named “Essentials Of Hindutva” in 1923 - a foundational document in the history of the movement. In that pamphlet, he implicitly accepts the Aryan Invasion theory by talking of Aryans as a distinct race.
  • Shrikant Taligeri has a section on the “Hindu Invasionist School”, quotes fine patriots like BG TiLak, S.D. Kulkarni and vIra sAvarkar supporting AIT.
  • “In 1939, a biologist turned activist - MS Golwalkar, the Sarsanghchalak of the volunteer body - RSS - wrote a book with a curious title “We or Our Nationhood Defined”. In that book, Golwalkar did a volte face on the Aryan question. And gave rise to the “Indigenous Aryan” theory that strongly suggested an equivalence of the term Aryan and Indian, and the indigenous origins of the Aryan race and Aryan languages.”
  • Savarkar, who endorsed AIT, argued for an Indo-Aryan India and strong pan-Indian cultural nationalism. Ambedkar, who endorsed indigenous-Arya theory, argued against Hinduism / brahminical culture, and sought to make India Buddhist

Positivity of Aryan and Iranian farmer influx.

  • The portrayal of this Aryan migration as some sort of a negative event underlies denial of Aryan migration by reactionary hindu-s. It is combined with misinformation and used as a political tool by Dravidian politicians, communists, missionaries etc..
  • Rather, it was a positive event with the heathen cultural ideal of transforming the land into AryAvarta, which involved development of symbiotic relationships.
  • Pagan consolidation and dominance
    • स्फीता आधिदैविकाध्यात्मिकचिन्ता। शास्त्रनिर्मिति-प्रवृत्तिः। दृढसंस्काराः। परम्पराबलम्। TW.
    • More below.

AIT phobia

  • Causes
    • “Political aspect of the whole debate lies in the potential of and past use of the Aryan Invasion /Immigration Theory to justify the Muslim/ British invasion of India and opposition to and ridiculing of the Indian Freedom Struggle or Indian National Movement on that basis.”
    • “It also has connections with norh Indians and upper castes particularly Brahmins being picturized as the ancient invaders of India and other Indians being victims of that from ages.” [BVP17]
  • Manifestation among Indian geneticists
    • Confused statements from Indian authors of Nature2009 (Lalji, Thiagarajan) : MT , exposition BVP16.
    • Anand [NL14], Chaubey [SW17].

Treating AIT phobia

  • “this reaction is based in folly and a sad sign of our current intellectual state. One can quite easily be a abhimAni hindu, accept evidence in favor of AIT and repudiate enemy narratives (just think of the great patriot bAlagangAdhara TiLak). We don’t even need to be apologetic about any Aryan Invasion, dominance and consolidation (quite the opposite - we can derive pride in it and explore exactly why such stunning success came to pass) - all we have to do is reject the fake equivalence of Aryan invasion with the genocidal invasions of the mlecCha-s in India, the America-s and Australia (which is exactly what PV kANe did - never spilt any ink propping OIT up AFAIK).” [BVP17]
  • “Furthermore, वीरभोग्या वसुन्धरा - nature does not care for moral justifications like “oh we’re unjust victims of atrocious foreign dominance. we never did such a thing to others”. That’s so defeatist and pitiable (besides being false). Who are we trying to convince? Does the Pakistani or Chinese nationalist waste any breath justifying his aggression or defense on some inane theory of moral superiority?” [BVP17]