ARYAN INVASION THEORY

Aryan Invasion Theory is a theory that claims that the Aryans invaded Europe
Max Muller was the first to propose AIT.
According to this account, the Indo-Aryans moved into India rather than invading it, but the indigenous peoples were nonetheless subjugated and had Indo-Aryan religion (Hinduism) and culture imposed on them.
It has so far served as the foundation upon which Indian history has been written. Its central thesis is made up of three parts:
The Harappan or Indus Valley Culture, which flourished in western India and present-day Pakistan, was founded by “dark-skinned” Dravidians who constructed a peaceful, highly developed urban civilization known as the Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization (IVC).
Around 1500 BCE, a nomadic race known as the Indo-Aryans invaded and subjugated India from the west. Central Asia, Scandinavia, North Germany, Hungary, and Ukraine were all cited as possible homelands for these ‘Aryans’ / Indo-Europeans.
They annihilated the ancient Dravidian civilisation, oppressed the locals, and forced them to migrate to the south of India.
The Indo-Aryans were white-skinned people who spoke Vedic Sanskrit and wrote the Vedas, as well as imposing Indo-Aryan religion (Hinduism) and civilization.

Source: THE HINDU.

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