Early Indians

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Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
ISBN
938622898X

Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From is a 2018 nonfiction book written by Indian journalist

anatomically modern humans first made their way from Africa into the Indian subcontinent.[7][8][9] The book relies on research findings from six major disciplines: history, archaeology, linguistics, population genetics, philology, and epigraphy, and includes path-breaking ancient DNA research of recent years.[10][11] It also relies on the extensive study titled "The Genomic Formation of Central and South Asia", co-authored by 92 scientists from around the world and co-directed by geneticist David Reich of Harvard Medical School, in which ancient DNA was used.[12][13][14] The book has been translated into Tamil, Hindi, Odia, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati, and other languages.[15][16][17]

Description

The book discusses four

Harappans were a mixture of Zagros agriculturists (from the modern-day Iran area) and First Indians,[20] a wave of migrants who came from Africa into Arabia and then reached India around 65,000 years ago.[21][22] Citing recent DNA evidence, the book traces the subsequent large migrations of anatomically modern humans into India—of agriculturalists from Iran between 7000 and 3000 BCE and Indo-European-speaking pastoralists from the Central Asian Steppe (Aryans) between 2000 and 1000 BCE,[23] among others.[24][25] Joseph uses the layers of a pizza as a metaphor to explain the makeup of subcontinental society.[26]

The book also discusses similarities and differences between the

Elamitic language of Iran.[30] The caste system in India is a recent social system, reflected in sharply reduced inter-marriage and genetic mixing after 100 AD. The book also takes into account the path-breaking DNA research and findings by geneticist David Reich.[31]

Reception

Early Indians was well received by readers and many critics.

structural biologist Venki Ramakrishnan described the book as a "very readable account".[citation needed
]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Question of Identity". 9 February 2019.
  2. ^ Joseph, Tony (23 December 2018). "The first Indians". The Hindu.
  3. ^ Joseph, Tony (13 September 2019). "New reports clearly confirm 'Arya' migration into India". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Can the arrival of the Aryans in India explain the disconnect between Harappan and Vedic culture?". 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Where Do We Actually Come From? 'Early Indians' Author Explains". 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ "RSS Chief Uses Debunked Myths to Hold Up Dangerous Fantasy of a 'Pure Race'". 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ Byravan, Sujatha (19 January 2019). "'Early Indians' review: Who we are and where do we come from". The Hindu.
  8. ^ "Excerpt: These Rocks in MP Reveal Secrets to Our Origin as Indians". 5 February 2019.
  9. ^ "'We are a multisource civilisation, not unisource': Tony Joseph". 7 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Early Indians on hindsight". 27 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Video The story of our ancestors and where we came from: A masterclass with author Tony Joseph". 7 April 2020.
  12. ^ "1 The Genomic Formation of South and Central Asia" (PDF).
  13. ^ "How We, The Indians, Came to Be". April 2018.
  14. ^ "How Science Has Destroyed the Foundation of RSS' Idea of India". 14 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Hindi edition".
  16. ^ Marathi Edition. ASIN 9390085055.
  17. ^ Tamil Kindle edition. Manjul Publishing House Pvt. 10 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Four prehistoric migrations shaped India's population". The Economic Times. 29 December 2018.
  19. ^ "The x, y and gene of pre-historic India". 15 February 2019.
  20. ^ "How ancient DNA may rewrite prehistory in India". BBC News. 30 December 2018.
  21. ^ "The battle over the early Indians".
  22. ^ Zimmer, Carl (17 October 2016). "How the First Farmers Changed History". The New York Times.
  23. ^ "We Are All Migrants, We Are All Mixed: Tony Joseph, Author of 'Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors...'".
  24. ^ "Migrant Nation".
  25. ^ "Horse sense on Harappa: An excerpt from Tony Joseph's book "Early Indians"".
  26. ^ "We are like pizza. Early Indians were just the base: Tony Joseph". The Hindu. 25 January 2019.
  27. ^ "How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate". The Hindu. 16 June 2017.
  28. ^ "Too early to settle the Aryan migration debate?". The Hindu. 12 July 2017.
  29. ^ "Examining the evidence for 'Aryan' migrations into India: The story of our ancestors and where we came from". 28 December 2018.
  30. ^ "Who built the Indus Valley civilisation?". The Hindu. 22 December 2017.
  31. ^ "From the Aryan migration to caste, two books offer fascinating insights into India's ancient past". 30 December 2018.
  32. ^ ""Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From" by Tony Joseph". 10 January 2019.
  33. ^ Byravan, Sujatha (19 January 2019). "'Early Indians' review: Who we are and where do we come from". The Hindu.
  34. ^ "Review: The Indians Before India".
  35. ^ Aiyar, S. A. "So much for Hindu Rashtra". The Economic Times.
  36. ^ Das, Gurcharan. "Who are we Indians? Genetics is bringing bad news for the politics of identity: We are all migrants". The Times of India.
  37. ^ "Of India's genetic roots". 17 July 2019.
  38. ^ "Book Review Current Science Early Indians" (PDF).
  39. ^ "Best non-fiction books of the decade". The Hindu. 28 December 2019.
  40. ^ "Writer Shanta Gokhale Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at Tata Literature Live".
  41. ^ "Tony Joseph's Early Indians wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019". 2 December 2019.
  42. ^ "Four authors get Atta Galatta-BLF awards". 10 November 2019.
  43. ^ "10 Best New Prehistory Books to Read in 2020".