I like you man, but he isn't wrong about Sanskrit or the Buddha.
Sanskrit language, (from Sanskrit saṃskṛta, “adorned, cultivated, purified”), an Old Indo-Aryan language in which the most ancient documents are the Vedas, composed in what is called Vedic Sanskrit.
Buddha was from the Saka Clan, was born in Nepal. Not India. Siddhartha Gautama c. 563 BCE or 480 BCE Lumbini, Shakya Republic (present-day Nepal) (according to Buddhist tradition) -The Buddha was born into an aristocratic family in the Shakya clan -The Saka, Śaka, Shaka, Śāka or Sacae (Old Persian: 𐎿𐎣𐎠 Sakā; Kharosthi: 𐨯𐨐 Saka; Brahmi: Gupta allahabad sh.svg Gupta allahabad k.svg, Śaka; Sanskrit: शक, शाक, Śaka, Śāka; Ancient Greek: Σάκαι, Sákai; Latin: Sacae; Chinese: 塞, old *Sək, mod. Sāi; Ancient Egyptian: 𓋴𓎝𓎡𓈉, 𓐠𓎼𓈉 sk, sꜣg) were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples
So that source is from Britannica. Here’s what Britannica says about Indo-Aryan:
Indo-Aryan languages, or Indic languages, Major subgroup of the Indo-Iranian language family. Indo-Aryan languages are spoken by more than 800 million people, principally in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The Old Indo-Aryan period is represented by Sanskrit. Middle Indo-Aryan (c. 600 BCE–1000 CE) consists principally of the Prakrit dialects, including Pali. Modern Indo-Aryan speech is largely a single dialect continuum spread over an undivided geographical space, so demarcations between languages and dialects are somewhat artificial. Complicating the situation are competing distinctions between languages with an old literary tradition, local language identification by native speakers (as in censuses), supraregional languages such as Modern Standard Hindi and Urdu, and labels introduced by linguists, particularly those of George Abraham Grierson. In the centre of the Indo-Aryan speech area (the “Hindi zone”), covering northern India and extending south as far as Madhya Pradesh, the most common language of administration and education is Modern Standard Hindi. Important regional languages in the northern Indian plain are Haryanvi, Kauravi, Braj, Awadhi, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili. Regional languages in Rajasthan include Marwari, Dhundhari, Harauti, and Malvi. In the Himalayan foothills of Himachal Pradesh are Grierson’s Pahari languages. Surrounding the Hindi zone, the most significant languages are, moving clockwise, Nepali (East Pahari), Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi, the speech of southern, northwestern, and northern Punjab province in Pakistan (called West Punjabi or Lahnda by Grierson), Punjabi, and Dogri.
I’m not 100% doubting, which is why I asked for sources, but other than the word “aryan,” why do you think this language or culture came from white people? It’s based entirely in the Middle East around middle eastern languages.
This is like saying that people from the Caucasus region are Caucasian
India was invaded by the Aryans coming down thru Iran. It changed everything. Iran took it's present name from its Aryan origins. These people, according to their most ancient texts were white people originating in the Arctic. Here is a book I own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arctic_Home_in_the_Vedas As for the Caucasian/ Caucuses thing, that's for another day but it too is correct.
Ancient peoples moved about more than we learn in school. Here's another book I own: https://www.amazon.com/Baltic-Origins-Homers-Epic-Tales/dp/1594770522
I don’t want to disbelieve you as I do have a respect for you as well, but I’m trying to figure out how this clicks.
According to what you sent me,
the question of the original Aryan home is was regarded as unsettled by Tilak.
Tilak, being the author of the book you posted. Also being an Indian Nationalist and of brown skin himself.
Can you share anything from the book that indicates that ‘Aryans,’ as they’re described there, were white people?
Look up indo European migrations and language groups and see how stupid you sound. Two thirds of languages spoken from Scandinavia to Sanskrit are indo European languages.
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