Shiv Sastry > Quotes

“A geological core is obtained by drilling into the earth with a tube so that the inside of the tube gets filled with the material that is being drilled. When the drilling tube is removed a rod-shaped mass of material called a “core” can be obtained and in this core the part that was drilled closest to the surface of the earth will have remains from recent days while the deepest part of the core near where the drill went deepest will have remains from many thousands or even millions of years ago depending on how deep one drills.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence

“Western scholars do not trust any astronomical data from the Hindus”.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence

“for Europeans similar language meant similar people. So people speaking a similar language had to be related to them in some way. So they picked up one word from the Rig Veda “Arya” and used that word to create an imagined race of people - the Aryans.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence

“The geography of the land described in the Vedas extended from as far west as the Oxus river in Afghanistan (Vakshu in Sanskrit) to the Ganga (Ganges) river in India in its easternmost extent. The area was frequently referred to as Sapta-Sindhu which means “seven rivers”. In the Vedic period people who lived in modern-day Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and eastern Iran were all considered to be known tribes living in areas called Balkh, Gandhara (5.01) and Madra. In the lands beyond the Oxus river were the Scythians known to the Vedic people as Sakas.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence

“A.K Sharma the man who discovered the 2,000 BC horse bones in Surkotada received a standing ovation at a meeting after his find was validated by Sandor Bokonyi in 1991. Sharma recalls the day with more sadness than triumph: “This was the saddest day for me as the thought flashed in my mind that my findings had to wait two decades for recognition until a man from another continent came examined the material and declared "Sharma was right". When will we imbibe intellectual courage not to look across borders for approval? The historians are still worse they feel it is an attempt on the part of the "rightists" to prove that the Aryans did not come to India from outside her boundaries.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence

“Together these constitute a huge body of works and the fact that they were transmitted orally for many centuries is unique and unparalleled anywhere else in the world. A lifetime would be required to study these alone. These works are the wellspring from which Indian culture is derived.  Vedic cosmogony explains why India has tolerated all forms of worship has given birth to four religions, has provided succour to refugees of two other religions, and has naively invited and accepted expansionist cults that threaten its core philosophy.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence

“In order to claim that languages were carried from Eurasia to India - an entire race of people called the “Indo-Iranians” was invented. No such race ever existed and no proof has been offered of their existence.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence

“It is ironic that racist European scholars invented history for themselves to claim Sanskrit and created two fake races called Aryans and Dravidians as part of that story. It is more tragic than ironic that Indians have internalized and believed this bluff to the extent that political parties have been formed based on a race-name cooked up by racist Europeans.”
― Shiv Sastry, Aryan Invasion: Myth or Fact?: Uncovering the evidence