“Aryan Invasion Theory: Why this colonial abomination must be excised from school textbooks”, Hindudvesha, May 27, 2023:
“A large body of evidence shows the Aryan Invasion Theory to be a completely false and fabricated construct – indeed, to be little more than a figment of the racially motivated British colonial enterprise.
By promoting this discredited theory, the American schools effectively single out Hindu culture and civilization for a negative portrayal and expose its adherents – the students of Indian origin – to ridicule and subtly portray Hinduism as inferior. This is a classic example of Hindudvesha (Systemic Hinduphobia).
In many American schools, the teaching curricula on Hinduism are built around an obsolete framework called the Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory (AIMT). This theory postulates that a group of cattle herders from Central Asia, called Aryans, settled in India around 1,500 BCE.
This group of cattle herders, the theory suggests, were successful in imposing their social customs – including a rigid caste structure – on the indigenous people…..”
Read the full article at Hindudvesha.org
