THE SMS comment “History in film” by Dr Citizen Pajam (The Star, Feb 10) is referred. I did not write about the “Aryan invasion” and “genocide” of the Dravidians simply because no such invasion occurred. Dr Citizen’s view is based on a discredited 19th Century theory. One must note that there is no “Dravidian race” but only a “Dravidian language group”.
Having studied the Vedas, I could not find a shred of evidence that would lead me to the conclusion that there was such an invasion and genocide. As far back as 1964, Professor George F. Dales, an expert in the Indus Valley civilization, had castigated the invasion theory as a “mythical massacre”.
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