Question concerning the origins of India's culture:?

Indigenous Indian culture has a VERY long history. The Indus valley ruins of Mojeno Daro show that this area of the World was one of the first to develop the hallmarks of what we consider civilization. That said, there are a few problems with your statement. First, there was no "India" as a unified political/cultural unit until the British conquest. Before that it was a geographical area filled with many different states and cultures. In the dawning of history, the Aryans swept down of the steppes of central Asia and left their imprint on the sub-continent, just as they did in Europe. That's why all our languages are related in what is known as the Indo-European family of languages. Like all places on Earth, it has influenced and been influenced by the perpetual waves of empire building and collapses. Even Alexander's Macedonians had some influence on India. Certainly the Moguls, who were Persian influenced descendants of Ghengis Khan's Mongolians (wrap your mind around that one), had a great influence on India. The Taj Mahal, a quitessential Indian landmark, was built by a Mogul king. And the British left a great of influence behind. English is one of the official languages of India. Of course, India has greatly influenced the rest of the world. Although we call our numerical system "arabic" numerals, they were, in fact, an Indian invention. Buddhism, one of the worlds great philosophies and religions, was born in India. But there comes a point where playing "who originated what", "who was first", and "who has been the most oppressed" becomes counter productive.

You are right about the cultural influence of India on a large part of South , Southeast and East Asia. In fact, even today when Malaysia and Indonesia are 95% Muslim, they still cherish the Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, and have their own unique dance-drama styles. India also gave the Chinese the basics of martial arts, which were originally callisthenics.

However, the origins of India's culture is a much-debated topic. The oft-repeated chant of "Aryans sweeping down the plains" reminiscent of the colonial theory of Aryan invasion has been rejected for the most part. No serious scholar worth his/her salt supports the Aryan Invasion Theory. That said, the similarity of the European and Indian languages has not yet been completely explained. Several theories have been put forward. One says that the Aryans occupied a continuous stretch of land from India in the east to Ireland in the west, in ancient times, and each of the present independent Indo-European languages were all local dialects of the one Proto-Indo-European language. According to linguists, the two most ancient languages were Sanskrit and Lithuanian, because these two have preserved the most archaic features of the language. For example, the dual number, and the eight cases of declension of nouns, etc.

That being said, there is also the issue of literatures. On the on hand Sanskrit has a vast Vedic literature, unparalleled by any other Indo-European language, neither Greek nor Latin. The question that arises how can a society that is nomadic and pastoral in habits, produce such literature? On the other hand, Lithuanian and other languages which are supposed to be closer to the "original" homeland have near non-existent literatures. If a language is spoken by a settled community, it should have more opportunities of producing good literature, but this is not what is seen. This only implies that Sanskrit has the best chance of being the language of the original homeland.

Of course, according to all these theories, the Vedic civilization is entirely a product of India. The debate is only about whether there were precursors to Vedic people, and if so, where did they originate. There are many subtle features in the Iranian Avesta that would Indicate that the Iranians were originally Vedic people living in northern and north-western parts. The seven holy lands of the Iranians include the Saptasindhu region (present Haryana and Punjab), and Airyanam Vaeja ( referring to the Kashmir valley) among other places. That means the Iranians were originally in India, and moved westwards to their current location, after a dispute with some of the Vedic people. That's why we find that in the Avesta, the term for god is Ahura (Sanskrit Asura, later 'demon') and term for devil is Daeva (Sanskrit Deva, god).

There are innumerable such interesting studies.

You can read more about this in the book "Quest for the origins of Vedic Culture" by Edwin Bryant. Be warned, though, that the language is scholarly, and you need to pay close attention to the flow of words, and punctuation. There are several other books which Bryant refers to, and you can read those too.

My contribution is... the suited 10 belongings you may do to maintain India's way of life: 10. once you're saying the position you come back from, upload "in actuality" 9. in no way ever ask any questions at school or college 8. get married earlier 25 and characteristic youngsters, no count number what 7. ascertain you collect your dowry, no count number what 6. bribe cops and officials to shop issues gentle 5. force "me first" style and use your horn instead of your mirrors 4. even as choosing up the phone, say "hullo" a minimum of 5 circumstances 3. promote off or burn your garbage in the front of your neighbor's 2. divide each and every little ingredient into forged, class and faith a million. take the money and run!!!

The present day India itself is just 60 years old. Before the advent of british India was not a single country or nation. Today it is a mix of very diverse culture which few ignorant people try to spoil. Especially south India never was part of the whole India. it had remained a separate nation until 17th century.

Does it matter? History is great to use as a stepping stone to reach higher grounds in the present. By living in the past you stink of the purifying matter. Get up and smell the roses today. See the breadth taking advancement in India all around us. See that we are the showcase of economic miracle. In just 60 years we have archived this growth. We are growing in spite of democracy, and its inefficiencies, corruption, wastage and down right criminals.

It does not matter weather we came from out space, Central Asia, or indigenous to Indian subcontinent. We are here and India is ours to cherish.

Indians are descendents of the Aryan race of people. They migrated to the area of India, and so it eventually began to grow as other provinces became a part of it. They gained Independence in the 1940's. Don't worry if you didn't know that....it's not like it's really focused on in school that much.

'INDIA' indicates the most Intelligent -N- Decent people In Asia. Its culture is full of variety and flexibility, there is no hard and fast rule or rigidness, it is not possible to illustrate in words, but it only make you understand when you have chance to feel it by heart.

I think you are uninformed about the history of the world. I assign you to read " Our oriental Heritage" by Will Durant.