It is a background alright...I am not sure if it is "good". The author seems to have too much anger within him, but more importantly, some of his important dates and mythology seem questionable. Two things that caught my eye on a quick look were "Vayu", the wind god, who appears in much older Zoroastrian texts before the 1700BC invasion (or at least in very close temporal proximity). Secondly, Zoroastrians believed in "Good thought, good words, good deeds" as the foundation of their beliefs. This does not mesh well with the "materialistic and pitiless" Aryan conquerors picture depicted here.
Also, he may have his migration paths wrong:
Around the year 1700BC by tribes of Iranian invaders (and people of fairer skin), who came from Northern India and from beside the Caspian Sea. They were later named ARYAN people.
Arriving in wild unruly hordes, these Aryans first invaded the valley of the Indus and destroyed the cities of HARP and MOHENJO-DARO. After settling on the verdant plains, they gradually spread out and conquered the ancient people of the South West of India, but allowing the conquered peoples to venerate their own gods and rituals.
I'd have to dig it up to be sure, but this does not match my recollection of Aryan migration path. It is true that a very large group of Aryans settled in Iran (literally meaning "The Aryan Land"), but I don't recall migration or invasion from Iran to India. Rather my memory says Aryans came from northern Asia around present day Tajikistan (and not Caspian Sea) and migrated to Iran (mostly) and to India (fewer) and to Europe (still fewer). The European factions were later rejoined by some of the Aryan tribes from Iran.
To this day, you can see that Tajiks have clear Aryan features (and language) but most of the areas from them to the Caspian Sea are not so (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, etc).
Thanks anyway. |
