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[demonon]

The information you have given is a fairly long read. I will make time for it in the weekend.
In my view Indo-Aryan were the Aryans , or Caucasoid.
The original Dravidians are Mongloid. But I might be wrong.
I do agree, though, that there are Aryans in areas of north India, Iran and Afghanistan. You won't see any pure Aryans any more, but it indicates that once they had settled there. I am from Afghanistan myself and according to some Afghan history books I have read - and you also will find allot of information on this subject across the web - the Indo-Iranians are Caucasoid.

 

[Titan]

Personally, I'm from Afghanistan, but from what I know from my parents, the Aryans were an ancient race that lived near the Oxus River, hence why Afghanistan was called Aryana in ancient times. From there, they travelled and settled in many places including mainly Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, and some parts of Uzbekistan. I do not know of any Aryan invasion of India but I must agree that in India, there are mainly two different types of Indians. One, which are the Dravidians which live in southern India have distinctly Asiatic looks with black hair, and dark skin while the northern Indians exhibit lighter skin and hair colour. There is reference to the Aryans in the Vedas and that one "Indra," an Aryan conquered the "negroids," possibly the Dravidians there. It is impossible to find for the most part any pure Aryans anywhere due to the countless invasions by the Greeks, Persians, Kushans, Mongols, Turks, and other Asiatic hordes.

 

[demonon]

Personally, I'm from Afghanistan, but from what I know from my parents, the Aryans were an ancient race that lived near the Oxus River, hence why Afghanistan was called Aryana in ancient times. From there, they travelled and settled in many places including mainly Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, and some parts of Uzbekistan. I do not know of any Aryan invasion of India but I must agree that in India, there are mainly two different types of Indians. One, which are the Dravidians which live in southern India have distinctly Asiatic looks with black hair, and dark skin while the northern Indians exhibit lighter skin and hair colour. There is reference to the Aryans in the Vedas and that one "Indra," an Aryan conquered the "negroids," possibly the Dravidians there. It is impossible to find for the most part any pure Aryans anywhere due to the countless invasions by the Greeks, Persians, Kushans, Mongols, Turks, and other Asiatic hordes.

I think aryans spread similar like this:
http://www.kidspast.com/images/aryan-map.jpg

I think there are enough sites on the web which can support my evidence.
I also agree with you that you won't find allot of "pure" Aryans any more.
Some people will have pretty light skin and green/blue eyes, and some external features that shows Caucasoid race traits. This is mainly due the many invasions.

 

[Govind]

Yes, the Aryans are a Caucasoid race. It is simple: If you took a north Indian, bleached his skin, dyed his hair, and gave him blue contact lenses, he would have survived Nazi Germany. This is because their skulls are the same shape as white people. The same thing would not happen with a south Indian as they do not exhibit the same bone structure as the Caucasoid race.

True, not many people are 'pure' Aryans anymore, especially in India. I wouldn't be surprised if I had some Dravidian blood.

 

[demonon]

Although I believe there are different races of people, and there are huge differences between a Negroid and Caucasoid for example. It doesn't mean a Negroid is any less human or can be any less civilized if they are raised like with a white child.

 

[Govind]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

There are only four categories in which a human being can fall under, racially:
Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid, and Australoid - Caucasoid being the Proto-Indo-Europeans and their stock (Whites, Hispanics, Persians, North Indians); Mongoloids being Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and other East Asians; Negroid being Africans living south of the Sahara desert and possibly Dravidians (I have seen Tamils who greatly resemble Ethiopians, for example). Australoids would be the indigenous people of Australia, as well as people from Papua and New Guinea.

I think that Native Americans are Mongoloid but I could be wrong.

 

[demonon]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

There are only four categories in which a human being can fall under, racially:
Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid, and Australoid - Caucasoid being the Proto-Indo-Europeans and their stock (Whites, Hispanics, Persians, North Indians); Mongoloids being Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and other East Asians; Negroid being Africans living south of the Sahara desert and possibly Dravidians (I have seen Tamils who greatly resemble Ethiopians, for example). Australoids would be the indigenous people of Australia, as well as people from Papua and New Guinea.

I think that Native Americans are Mongoloid but I could be wrong.

I am not sure about the Australoid part, but I do know Native Americans come from all over the world.
From Siberia, Europe and maybe even China. I still remember a documentary about it on National Geographic. People followed kelp that was floating on the water and they reached the Americas. They hunted on animals such as seals for food. It seams reasonable to me, but although I don't know a experiment which determines which race the Native Americans are.