Why is this specifically addressed to me and not the many other people that engaged with this thread? What have I done specifically to incur your ire that others on this thread haven’t?
I always thought this blue color is somehow related to Parjanya. But my knowledge is near zero.
Because you're the one who got my attention with your talk of "weird skin colors." I wasn't the only one who interpreted your phrasing that way. 'Weird obsession with skin color' would have been better.
Doesn't make sense in light of the other work (mostly ignored) of the German school showing early colonization of Tarim basin area by people out of the same area (Sindh and NW India) Uttambhadras are supposed to have entered from
When we consider the early colonisation of the Tarim basin by Indian groups, we start to realise that Scythians had Indian ancestry at the very base. This is corroborated by the similarities (recovered archaeological objects) between Gandharan grave culture and dominant Scythian groups @Zanis
Lol seriously .. but other than that it has nothing do with Caesar? It could be .. just a coincidence ..
Very true! It has nothing to do with Caesar. As I said, the word Kesar in the name Phrom Kesar has to do with the word for saffron in Indo Iranian tongues. Although, Iranians now say zaffran but the Old Persian and Sanskrit version was Kesar.
Parjanya (Indra) is Perun. I have not come across any description of Parjanya having being blue skin-color.
Can you refer the German work to me?from what I can understand you are saying that "Scythians" that invaded India were actually Indians who went to scythia and were scythianized and their descendants invaded India and were subsequently indianized,is this correct?
No, there was no Scythian invasion of India. All the kings depicted as Indo-Scythian were pretty much the same stock that had gone into the steppes between the 10th to 15th century BC. We are able to see the exit point out of the subcontinent in the Gandharan grave culture.
I actually read that in 'Rupmanjari', a semi historical fiction novel by Bengali writer Narayan Sanyal. It's not something to be considered history but Sanyal's historical novels (there aren't many) are usually well researched. Probably he himself has built upon the fact that Parjanya was the lord of clouds and rain.
Not enough evidence. Perun, Parjanya, Twastr, Thor, IMHO, were the words used when the Indo-Europeans were in Pontic Steppes, their starting point for later expansions. By the time Aryans came to India, it was Indra. If these names were used later, that may be because of rhyming.
Just because @dagoat1000 thinks there's no source doesn't mean there is no source @Zanis
There's better evidence than the opposite scenario of Scythian input into India. You don't seem to read my posts carefully or with respect as you are applying a pre-conceived notion as your filter while receiving my theories
You don’t even know the name of the German Work. I mean “obsecure german website”.
