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The word Aryan has a long history. Initially, it was used to refer to groups of people who spoke a variety of related languages, including most of the European ones and several Asian ones. Over time, however, the word took on new and different meanings. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, some scholars and others transformed the Aryans into a mythical “race” that they claimed was superior to other races. In Germany, the Nazis promoted this false notion that glorified the German people as members of the "Aryan race," while denigrating Jews, Black people, and Roma and Sinti (Gypsies) as “non-Aryans.” • 1 In Nazi Germany, the terms Aryan and non-Aryan initially were used to define who belonged to German society and who did not. • 2 The word Aryan is an example of how words that originate as terms to describe seemingly neutral concepts can be adapted, manipulated, and radicalized for ideological or sinister purposes. • 3 The term Aryan often was used incorrectly to describe a racial grouping of people. Aryans, however, are not a race and an "Aryan master race" does not exist. Origins of the Term Aryan Nineteenth-century European scholars used the term Aryan to identify the Indo-European or Indo-Germanic peoples who settled throughout India, Persia (Iran), and Europe thousands of years earlier. The classification originally described the similarities between most European languages, as well as Sanskrit and Persian (Farsi). At the same time, European scholars als...

This is the second part of an ongoing series, which traces the origins of India’s people and civilization. The first part can be found here: . As discussed in the The Indus Valley Civilization. Between 3,300 and 1,300 BCE, the urban, Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) thrived, mostly inhabited by communities of Diplomat Brief Weekly Newsletter N Get briefed on the story of the week, and developing stories to watch across the Asia-Pacific. Get the Newsletter Dravidians. While genetically, farmers from Iran contributed to most of the DNA of the northwestern subcontinent and the IVC, around 5,000 years ago, some farmer groups began to fan out, mix with the aborigine Indians in much of what is present day India, and establish agricultural communities throughout the subcontinent. This mixture, which is Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month. The Indo-Europeans. In the Eurasian steppe, the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people, who proved to have an enormous impact on world history and whose descendent languages are highly successful, arose. There is overwhelming genetic, archaeological, and linguistic evidence that the source population of the Indo-Europeans Aryans. One group of these pastoral Indo-Europeans migrated to what is today’s Central Asian steppe (most modern Central Asians are not fully descended from these ancient peoples, because Turkic and Mongolian tribes replaced them in the Middle Ages). Archaeologists refer to these people as ...

Aryan is a designation originally meaning “civilized”, “noble”, or “free” without reference to any ethnicity. It was first applied as a self-identifying term by a migratory group of people from Central Asia later known as Indo-Iranians (who settled on the Iranian Plateau) and, later, applied to Indo- The word had no widespread ethnic connotation prior to the 19th century CE other than its usage by the Persians (known as 'Iranians' from 'Aryans') to distinguish themselves from their Muslim Arab conquerors in the 7th century CE, and even then (it could be argued) it was not so much an ethnic distinction as one of class and personhood. Prior to the YouTube Follow us on YouTube! Jones' claim inspired later writers to identify this “common source” and encouraged the French elitist Joseph Arthur de Gobineau (l. 1816-1882 CE) to develop the racist theories concerning “Aryan Blood” and White Supremacy which would become popularized in Germany through the works of Houston Stewart Chamberlain (l. 1855-1927 CE), the British-born political philosopher who would become Adolf Hitler's mentor and inspiration as well as informing the ideology and work of Alfred Rosenberg (l. 1893-1946 CE) which empowered the Nazi Party in Germany c. 1930-1945 CE. The works of every contributor to a definition of Aryan as referencing Caucasian have been dismissed as either misguided, misinterpretations, or intentionally racist. Jones' claim would also influence the work of the German philologist Max Muller...

The ancient Aryans were a group of people who spread into northern India, bringing with them India's caste system of hierarchical classes and the Vedic religion that shaped modern Hinduism. The arrival of Aryans in India is thought to have resulted in or followed the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization, one of the earliest human civilizations. The Aryans are thought to have originated in central Asia and be related to the earlier settlers of the European continent, as well as Iran. As can be expected with an ancient people, much is not fully understood about the Aryans. Etymology and History The term Aryan was first used in reference to the Indo-Iranian people. The name Iran is related to the term Aryan. The term was likely used by the ancient Aryans to describe themselves and is thought to be related to the word for southerner or perhaps kinsman or noble. There is debate among linguists as to the origin of this term. When Aryans settled in northern India and in Persia, they continued to identify themselves as Aryan in their languages of Old Persian and Vedic Sanskrit. These people brought their language, culture, and religion. A New People As 1500 BCE approached, the old Indus Valley Civilization was almost gone. It had been declining for quite some time, perhaps because of a flood or a drought or an earthquake. No one really knows what happened, but the time was ripe for a new people to take over the Indus Valley and, in fact, there was a group already poised to do...

Indo-Aryan languages, also called Indic languages, subgroup of the General characteristics Linguists generally recognize three major divisions of Indo-Aryan languages: Old, Middle, and New (or Modern) Indo-Aryan. These divisions are primarily Old Indo-Aryan includes different bce. There is a clear-cut difference between Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit in that the former has certain formations that the latter has eliminated. The grammarian Pāṇini ( c. 5th–6th century bce) appropriately distinguishes between usage proper to the language of sacred texts ( chandas, locative sg. chandasi)—that is, Vedic usage—and what occurs in the bhāṣā, locative sg. bhāṣāyām) of his time. Other distinctions are also made within the language, so scholars speak of Classical Sanskrit and Epic Sanskrit. Despite differences in ārṣaprayoga (usage of ṛṣis)—already to be seen in aspects of the living spoken language Pāṇini described. Middle Indo-Aryan includes the bce to the 4th century ce as well as various literary languages. Languages & Alphabets Uncertainties regarding the course of Indo-Aryan migration make it difficult to determine the domain of Proto-Indo-Aryan, the ancestral language of all the known Indo-Aryan tongues, if indeed there was any such single region ( see A wide variety of New Indo-Aryan languages are currently in use. According to the 2001 census of India, Indo-Aryan languages accounted for more than 790,625,000 speakers, or more than 75 percent of the population. By 2003 the cons...

The first to go missing was a convicted burglar who raised bulldogs at a compound in Oklahoma that would become a killing ground. The name of his business was God's Miraculous Bully Kennel. The second was a Missouri woman living in a camper on the semirural site in Logan County, outside Oklahoma City. In a desperate phone call, she had asked a friend to tell her daughter that she loved her. The third was a pipeline worker nicknamed "Batman" whose pickup was abandoned on railroad tracks. The last were newlyweds from Missouri. Their pickup was found shot up. In all, 12 disappearances have come under investigation by a task force that has A timeline created for the investigation shows the disappearances started in 2019 and continued into 2022. Many may be connected to the prison gang's drug operations, the records show. At least twice, disappearances came after drugs were seized during traffic stops. Ten of the missing have been linked to either the alleged gang leader or the Logan County compound, the records show. The other two have not been confirmed as connected. All the missing had criminal histories. Authorities believe bodies were burned. Bone fragments were recovered last year at the Logan County site, as well as at an oil field lease road near Luther, Oklahoma. Bone fragments also were recovered at a third site, half a mile from the Logan County compound, the records reveal. And the skull of one of the missing was found last year in a cow pasture. Lodged inside the s...

Details quickly emerged suggesting an ideological element to the crash. The driver — identified by police as 28-year-old Sunny White — was with her young children, Aryan, 4, and Nation, 2. Many in the community believe White is a white nationalist and that the crash was intentional. And yet, more than two months later, White has yet to face charges stemming directly from Westwolf’s death. Initially, the Department of Justice reported inaccurately that White had been charged with vehicular manslaughter — in fact, she was only charged with child endangerment, and the children were removed from her care. Those charges were then dropped on April 6 by Lake County Attorney James Lapotka, who told Popular Information he needed “more time” to collect evidence, including results from search warrants of White’s and Westwolf’s phones and toxicology reports performed on both women. He declined to specify why he sought results for Westwolf in addition to White . Westwolf’s mother, Carissa Heavy Runner, described her daughter as “adventurous, fun, energetic, curious and very smart.” She told HuffPost that Westwolf was an avid reader, wrote poetry and danced in powwows “since before she could walk.” Her daughter loved being outdoors, hiking and climbing, and was overjoyed when she was selected to participate in an Indigenous cultural exchange program in Nepal, she said. The family has yet to see any documentation regarding the crash. If White isn’t charged over the death, Erica Shelby, a...

Recent years have not been kind to Aryan Nations, once the country's most well-known neo-Nazi outpost. Bankrupted by a lawsuit from a mother and son who were assaulted by Aryan Nations guards, the group lost its Idaho compound in 2001. Though he continued to serve as Aryan Nations’ leader, Richard Butler suffered the effects of age and ill health, and the group splintered into factions in 2002. Butler claimed to be reorganizing Aryan Nations but died in September 2004, leaving the group’s future as uncertain as ever. Quick Profile • Founder and Leader: Richard Butler (1918-2004) • Splinter groups (and leaders): Tabernacle of Phineas Priesthood (Charles Juba, based in Pennsylvania); Church of the Sons of Yahweh (Morris Gullett, based in Louisiana) • Founded: Mid-1970s • Headquarters: Hayden, Idaho • Background: Butler first became involved with the Christian Identity movement after serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He studied under Wesley Swift, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian, until Swift died. Butler then formed Aryan Nations. • Media: Internet, videos, posters, e-mail, chat rooms, online bulletin boards, conferences. Ideology: Christian Identity, white supremacy, neo-Nazi, paramilitary Connections: Aryan Nations has had members in common with several other white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups, including National Alliance, the Ku Klux Klan and The Silent Brotherhood/The Order Recent Developments: Once the most well-known neo-Nazi group in...