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Early Indians

Written by: Tony Joseph
Narrated by: Amit Bhargav
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Who are we Indians? Where did we come from? To tell us the story of our ancestry, journalist Tony Joseph goes 65,000 years into the past–when a band of Homo sapiens first made their way from Africa into the Indian subcontinent. These were the First Indians. Citing recent DNA evidence, he traces the subsequent large migrations of modern humans into India–of a people related to early farmers of Iran who mixed with the First Indians at the latest between 5400 BCE and 3700 BCE and of the ‘Arya’ between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE, among others. As Joseph unravels our past, he takes head-on some of the most controversial and uncomfortable questions of Indian history: Who were the Harappans? Are north Indians genetically different from south Indians? When did the caste system emerge? A hugely significant book, Early Indians bravely puts to rest several fierce debates on the ancestry of modern Indians.

©2021 Juggernaut (P)2022 Amit Bhargav Anthropology Asia India Sociology South Asia
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author crisply connected dots wrt our lineage and history along with archeological and genic evidence, I was impressed with the lactose intolerance concept which relates to the food habits of the Indian subcontinent

Scientific evidence of the pre historic homosapiens and their migration

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terrible narration. can you not hire narrators that do not have such a heavy accent. annoying to have all t's be replaced by d's.

decent story, poor narration.

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To say this is a book like no other would be an understatement. It is deeply researched, extremely well written, superbly laid out and presented and comprehensive. The narrative is exciting and the conclusions irrefutable.

It is not only a story about Early Indians but one about early humans. It does not restrict itself to the Indian subcontinent. The story of human migration out of Africa to all continents and the intermingling of races leading to present day populations, racial definitions and ethnicities in all areas of the world are presented here. Of course, the largest section is devoted to Indians but it is a book for all nationalities.

The Indian context also covers the advent of religions, castes, and languages. Although scientific genetic evidence is presented in detail, it is not overwhelming and broad conclusions can easily be drawn by the lay reader.

It is easily one of best books I have had the good fortune to read in recent times.

Caveat: the narration is in a South Indian accent. Although it is comprehensible by others, many words do sound strange. An international book like this one deserved an international English accent for easy comprehension by all English speakers. I fail to understand why Indian publishers fail to appreciate this simple fact.

A book like no other

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This book could be your starting point into the journey of Ancient Indian History. it's written in a very light tone so it doesn't bore you with stats and studies. though some part of the book is slower than the rest. voice actor tries his best to narrate the book, but I wish the voice was a bit softer(you know like Stephen Fry)

Very insightful

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Well researched book with a lot of reference points. Lucid content and good narration. All in all excellent book.

Super Book

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