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The traditional but disputed^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Aryan Invasion/Migration theory considers this period to have encompassed several waves of Indo-Aryan migration into the subcontinent from the north-west.

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^ "The cradle that is India". rediff.com. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = " It appears that the Dravidian languages are more ancient, and the Aryan languages evolved in India over thousands of years before migrations took them to central Asia and westward to Europe... Indian politics has long been plagued by the Aryan invasion narrative, which was created by English scholars of the 19th century; it is fitting that another Englishman, Stephen Oppenheimer, should announce its demise."
^ Gavin D. Flood (13 July 1996). An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43878-0. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote: "...the origin of Aryans as coming from outside the subcontinent has recently been questioned" (page 31)
^ Kenneth A. R. Kennedy (2000). God-apes and fossil men: paleoanthropology of South Asia. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11013-1. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = "A false assumption has been made in associating Indo-European languages in south Asia with a hypothetical migration of people called Aryans" (page 372)
^ Edwin Bryant; Laurie L. Patton (22 September 2005). The Indo-Aryan controversy: evidence and inference in Indian history. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7007-1462-9. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = "For two centuries, scholars concentrating on the South Asian data have described an Indo-European/Aryan migration/invasion into South Asia to explain the formation of Indian civilization. The conflating of language, people/culture, "race" to maintain the "myth of Aryan invasion" continues, perhaps as Leach so cogently notes, due to the academic prestige at stake. "... Renfrew ... opts to distort archeological record.... Archeological data ... does not support ... any version of migration/invasion ... population movement into South Asia" (page 97)
^ Mikel Burley (1 January 2000). Haṭha-Yoga: its context, theory, and practice. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-81-208-1706-7. Retrieved 27 March 2012.Quote = "...(The Aryan Invasion/Migration) theory which places the nation of India in the role of 'victim' and denies an autochthonous origin to Vedic language and religion-is rapidly is rapidly crumbling beneath the weight of new evidence from the fields of archaeology and textual analysis..." (page 26)
^ Charles Michael Byrd (30 June 2007). The Bhagavad-Gita in Black and White: From Mulatto Pride to Krishna Consciousness. Backintyme. ISBN 978-0-939479-27-6. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = "It is now generally accepted that Indian history shows a continuity of progress from the earliest times to today... The dangers of the Aryan invsion theory are numerous as it denies the Indian origin of India's predominant culture, giving the credit for Indian culture to invaders from elsewhere. It teaches that some of the most revered books of Hindu scripture are not actually Indian, and it devalues India's culture by portraying it as less ancient than it actually is" (page 15)

[Rediff-20050307-1] "The cradle that is India". rediff.com. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = " It appears that the Dravidian languages are more ancient, and the Aryan languages evolved in India over thousands of years before migrations took them to central Asia and westward to Europe... Indian politics has long been plagued by the Aryan invasion narrative, which was created by English scholars of the 19th century; it is fitting that another Englishman, Stephen Oppenheimer, should announce its demise."

[Flood1996-2] Gavin D. Flood (13 July 1996). An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43878-0. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote: "...the origin of Aryans as coming from outside the subcontinent has recently been questioned" (page 31)

[Kennedy2000-3] Kenneth A. R. Kennedy (2000). God-apes and fossil men: paleoanthropology of South Asia. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11013-1. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = "A false assumption has been made in associating Indo-European languages in south Asia with a hypothetical migration of people called Aryans" (page 372)

[BryantPatton2005-4] Edwin Bryant; Laurie L. Patton (22 September 2005). The Indo-Aryan controversy: evidence and inference in Indian history. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7007-1462-9. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = "For two centuries, scholars concentrating on the South Asian data have described an Indo-European/Aryan migration/invasion into South Asia to explain the formation of Indian civilization. The conflating of language, people/culture, "race" to maintain the "myth of Aryan invasion" continues, perhaps as Leach so cogently notes, due to the academic prestige at stake. "... Renfrew ... opts to distort archeological record.... Archeological data ... does not support ... any version of migration/invasion ... population movement into South Asia" (page 97)

[Burley2000-5] Mikel Burley (1 January 2000). Haṭha-Yoga: its context, theory, and practice. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-81-208-1706-7. Retrieved 27 March 2012.Quote = "...(The Aryan Invasion/Migration) theory which places the nation of India in the role of 'victim' and denies an autochthonous origin to Vedic language and religion-is rapidly is rapidly crumbling beneath the weight of new evidence from the fields of archaeology and textual analysis..." (page 26)

[Byrd2007-6] Charles Michael Byrd (30 June 2007). The Bhagavad-Gita in Black and White: From Mulatto Pride to Krishna Consciousness. Backintyme. ISBN 978-0-939479-27-6. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Quote = "It is now generally accepted that Indian history shows a continuity of progress from the earliest times to today... The dangers of the Aryan invsion theory are numerous as it denies the Indian origin of India's predominant culture, giving the credit for Indian culture to invaders from elsewhere. It teaches that some of the most revered books of Hindu scripture are not actually Indian, and it devalues India's culture by portraying it as less ancient than it actually is" (page 15)

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