Ancient Origins and Myths of AFGHANISTAN

[@wisperingbeard]

I was a cold war baby, born in Kabul in '79. My mother was pregnant with me as the government collapsed and fell to the communist insurgents. My earliest memories are of New Jersey, where i grew up. Suffice it to say, the history of Afghanistan was not a part of the school curriculum. So this video isn't just a source of fascination for me, it's a revelatory glimpse into my own ancestral history. For that, I thank you.

[@meatiest1989]

I was born in Jalalabad in ‘07

[@d1cks0da5]

@@meatiest1989 I wasn't.

[@javeddkhanmz5723]

you are cold harrami baby..

[@arsala.a]

If the Russians had maintained controll over Afghanistan, we would not have so much suffering and pain in our country today

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

Why did you betray your homeland for the satanic USA? Wtf🤦‍♂️

[@jameswells554]

Some of the most beautiful terrain, and people I have ever seen and interacted with were in Afghanistan. It's a pity and crying shame what's happened to it. A land where windmills were used for irrigation centuries before Europe had them; the Breadbasket of the Ancient World.....mountains where lapis lazuli, emeralds, rubies, and opals can still be found in the Rivers covered in forests, Valleys full of orchards and cultivated fields reduced to ashes the People reduced to poverty and infighting over scraps. The entire World should weep and feel ashamed for what we have done, and that includes the People of Afghanistan.

[@IYeleven]

Multi ethnic societies have always been despotic

[@TheBozz2005]

my country, my people😔. Ones again the world will get to know the people from the lands of Khurasan, being plan of the Almighty Himself

[@vinauothberenganer569]

Well said

[@lindamaemullins5151]

😔

[@lindamaemullins5151]

@@TheBozz2005 ain’t nobody forget about y’all honey 🤔🙏❤️

[@AdSd100]

Thank you for covering this topic and thanks to all European scholars who pioneered the study of Persian history and archaeology. As a Persian, Afghanistan will always have a special place in my heart.

[@jalilhaqiqi1889]

As an Afghan I feel the same for Iran

[@GulfportHooligan]

Iranians hate afghans bro lol…

[@najibullahghafori3739]

he was talking about iranian culture not persian, persians are not the only iranians and afghanistan belongs to pashtuns

[@jilaansa]

@@najibullahghafori3739 Persian isn’t a group of people. It’s the word Greeks used to refer to Iranians. Do not try to separate Iranians. We are all one people with the oldest civilization in human history.

[@najibullahghafori3739]

@@jilaansa we all know that persians are a subgroup of iranians dominating power in modern day iran, kurds, balochs, lurs and pashtoons are also iranians but not persians, so know your place and don't claim the iranian identity just to persians, or use persian and iranian interchangebly, they cant be used interchangebly, persian is the same way an iranian group just like pashtoons and balochs and the others so chill

[@zainmudassir2964]

Afghanistan is a fascinating place with ancient history. Hope a new golden age comes to its people.

[@SunMoon477]

When Islam dies and Hinduism is born only then that will happen.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Afghans are partly the Iranian/Aryan race (Madai/Medes = R1) and partly the Aramean Bactrian race (Geter/Gutians = G2b)

[@wickyswag7799]

​@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy first of all Aryan theory is proved to be fake

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@wickyswag7799 Aryan theory is what the filthy Nazis made up, it has nothing to do with it lol get education

[@bangashkhan70yearsago6]

​@@wickyswag7799 its no fake

[@DamienZshadow]

Not only do you have an extensive knowledge of the subject but you understand it and discuss it through the context of numerous cultural and religious influences without much bias against anyone in particular. I am absolutely enthralled by your approach and breath of wisdom.

[@sheher4683]

Everything he mentioned belongs to Tajiks of Afghanistan the Tajiks are pur bactrian and Pashtuns are parthians there history is completely different they have nothing to do with Everything he mentioned belongs to Tajiks of Afghanistan the Tajiks are pur bactrian and Pashtuns they have nothing to do with bactrian 😏

[@OccidentalAryan]

Cope@@sheher4683

[@Survivethejive]

Thanks for the shout-out. An excellent video with lots to consider. Iranic myths are a rich resource

[@TempleofBrendaSong]

Down with the Taliban Marg bar Islam

[@TempleofBrendaSong]

Down with the Taliban Marg bar Islam

[@kathrinat9824]

Would you ever consider looking into the less known but just as interesting Ossetian myths, which would be North Eastern Iranic, from Scythian?

[@tasadiqhussain6008]

@@TempleofBrendaSong in your dreams Yankee. Marg barg Biden and israel.

[@Survivethejive]

@Aadi Raj bhau you are embarrassing your country by denying its history

[@darkmatter6714]

A better way to explain “STAN”, (as in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), is that ”Stan” means “LAND”, as in “land of”, just like in European countries where for example the “Land of the English” becomes “EngLAND”. And so it goes for the rest of the European countries as it does for the “stans”: EngLAND ScotLAND IceLAND IreLAND HolLAND DeutschLAND PoLAND SwitzerLAND Here’s a fun exercise - swapping “Stan” for “land”, the names then become: Afghanland Kazakhland Kyrgyzland Pakiland Tajikland Turkmenland Uzbekland Swapping “land” for “stan”, the names become: Englishstan Scottishstan Icestan Irishstan Hollistan Germanstan Polishstan Switzerstan

[@kashifsyed9361]

Adding 1 more stan is hindustan

[@ranjeetasinha8567]

Hindi words "sthan" changed stan . And you explain very well.

[@diackoakafrankie3151]

in persian we call Uk the engelestan lol

[@swapnil-nr3gt]

@@kashifsyed9361 stan came from sanskit sthan

[@osamakh2213]

Pakistan is not stan they just stole the name of iranic language and people. They are trying to be iranic or Turks or afghan . They are Indians by the way . Paki is not any ethical group or tribe . Its just the Indian Punjabies and sindies who were trying to change there indian background in future 😂

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

I love Afghanistan And all its cultures. Pashtun, Baloch, Tajik, Uzbek, Turkmen, Hazara and all other people in Afghanistan alike. Their cultures and histories are awesome.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤️

[@c0detearz320]

Yep but the original inhabitants and defenders of that land with a long history are the pashtuns, other nations and ethnicities are proven by biological DNA indicators that pashtuns have more in similarity to those south than those north of the Hindu Kush mountains, those north were part of different empires those south were part of different empires but the pashtun have been heavily independent for millenniums unlike any other who have had empires march through, neither Alexander the Great nor the Mongols have much existence in pashtun DNA, pashtuns are the lost tribes of Israel and will soon plant their flags in Jerusalem as the prophecy states, search 'DNA haplogroup g2c pashtun' more predominate in them than all other Jewish groups, each tribe has Ashkenazi DNA in them as well, so the pashtuns are more pure blooded than any other Jews in the world for the most part, also search segmentary lineage.

[@tarakhel7460]

@@c0detearz320 Pashtuns are not Semitic they are an Eastern Iranic people recent studies show that Pashtuns mostly cluster with the Central Asian Pamiris,the most predominant DNA Haplogroup found in Pashtuns is the R1A Haplogroup which is the specific Indo Iranian genetic marker which proves that they are native to the region

[@c0detearz320]

@@tarakhel7460 yes pashtuns are search g2c haplogroup DNA pashtun Jews and search segmentary lineage seperately... This identifies that pashtuns have DNA markers predominant in them and found in less amounts in all other major Jewish groups in the world.

[@tarakhel7460]

@@c0detearz320 That theory has already been debunked! Pashtuns have the highest percentage of R1A haplogroup in the region.

[@simonbroberg969]

When this man says "Some of this is going to surprise you" He is not wrong! I have done some research onto Norse history and was brought up on the Sagas, but a lot of this did surprise me, I know it is well researched, as he has (or they have) mentioned names I know well enough . Well worth a watch. Think I'll watch it more than once as there is much to ponder on

[@Hun_ghuri]

In my accent of pashto language Saga means Deer

[@Khusrow.travels]

As someone who has been living in Afghanistan as long as I can recall my ancestry. I am extremely thankful for your kind efforts on this subject. These days we are forgetting by our fellow European brothers.

[@hollymedici2936]

Actually the Roman world was colonized from people that actually came from the Middle East now the top of the boot of Italy from the Dark Ages going forward has been people from European descent like Germans Celts but most of my autosomal DNA comes from the Middle East and Afghanistan most southern Italians come from the Middle East a lot of us are tied together in similar bloodlines

[@Survivethejive]

Interesting that in medieval Europe it was believed Muhammad was cut in two in hell. He is depicted this way in manuscripts of Dante's inferno

[@reemsaif3105]

@LittlefootwithAlopecia hmm

[@jonkore2024]

Nice

[@IYeleven]

Dante would be sad to see how atheistic Europe has become. Pagans and atheists don’t believe in hell.

[@IYeleven]

@LittlefootwithAlopecia Wishful thinking.

[@Sol_1799]

@@IYeleven Yeah... because Tartarus isn't a thing am I right? 😑

[@majidbineshgar7156]

Very interesting indeed , since there are so many videos discussing about the politics of Afganistan but seldom dealing with the genetics-linguistics origins of Afghan people and surrounding region .

[@pij6277]

Afghanistan is made of different races.

[@majidbineshgar7156]

@@pij6277 One should not confuse " the genetics ( genuine race) " with cultural/ tribal/ linguistic / ethnic identities

[@majidbineshgar7156]

@satoshikasumi9343 No I am not a Muslim , I was born in Iran but one should bear in mind that Islam is merely a religion not an ethnic identity , actually most of Iranian diaspora ( about 6-8 millions ) do not believe in Islam nor do they identify themselves as Muslims and within Iran half of the population do not believe in Islam either .

[@yaqubebased1961]

​@@majidbineshgar7156 I can assure you that the majority of people even in Iran itself no longer believe the fairy tales of foreign demons.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Afghans are partly the Iranian/Aryan race (Madai/Medes = R1) and partly the Aramean Bactrian race (Geter/Gutians = G2b)

[@nordkrom4270]

One of the best channels left on youtube !

[@qaimaqyakh2708]

If you didn't know there's a village in the most western part of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan named Ragh e Zardesht, literally Ragh of Zoroaster. It's inside Raghistan district, I find it interesting since some traditions say he was born in a city named Ragh that exactly corresponds to this city. There's also an Alborz mountain in northern Afghanistan near to Mazar I Sharif city (in Balkh province which is near the ancient capital city of Bactria). What I like to think is that Zoroaster was born in that Ragh city in eastern Bactria (modern day Ragh in western Badakhshan, Afghanistan) and died near Bactra/Balkh where Zoroastrianism likely developed, at Mazar I Sharif, hence why the mausoleum there. The theory of Zoroaster being buried there is very plausible.

[@shimashahrzadeh4601]

This ragh e zardesht you are talking about is hiding from google map or what does zardesht means?

[@bhka6423]

@@shimashahrzadeh4601 Zardesht probably means Zarathustra. Many Kurds for example call Zarathustra Zardesht.

[@Hun_ghuri]

​@@shimashahrzadeh4601 if converted into pashto it gives the meaning of " The golden plate or tablet"

[@deniztatl9992]

@@Hun_ghuri The same meaning in Kurdic traditions of people moved from Horasan to Anatolia, golden/gold-colored plains/fields.

[@bhka6423]

@Satoshikasumi No

[@zotirruges]

One of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. Even being there during the war, all the bad shit that happened. I still find myself missing its beauty, seeing the mountains and amazing colors in the sky I've never seen anywhere else before.

[@giakatz4471]

Que privilégio 💘🇧🇷

[@johnrogers1038]

When/where were you? I was in zabul province in the southeast, then later logar province, in the east. I love the land, people, food, music; pashtunwali fascinates me; living in such a place with very little technology brought me closer to a true existence on earth; the scenery can go from dry scrub to isolated but lush orchards, into foothills dotted with ancient homes, up into the Hindu Kush and down again into green valleys with strong rivers. I feel sorry for Afghanistan.

[@LeenaQurishi]

@@johnrogers1038feels great to hear that from a non-afghan😊 and you’re very welcome to come to Afghanistan again if you wish to, and if you want to go then make sure to visit Laghman province(where I am from) and Nuristan province which is I would say the greenest province in Afghanistan❤

[@johnrogers1038]

@@LeenaQurishi I’d love to go back. I’m not sure how cool the Taliban would be with it, though. Is it a problem for westerners who fought them to return as guests?

[@LeenaQurishi]

Were you in the Army? If you were then I’m not sure I don’t wanna give you false information I truly don’t know😅. But if you’re not then you’re safe, I have seen a lot of people going to Afghanistan specially in this time cause it’s safe now. I went to Afghanistan in 2023 and saw a lot of westerns and even people from china.

[@amethyst5538]

This was what I was looking for in a channel. I can count a handful that I can count as "educational."

[@iiiiafgiiii7743]

I'm an Afghan, My father is a Pashtun and my mother is a Tajik Afghan. I did a DNA test and my results are West Asian - 33.9% =Turkey/Iran South Asian - 28.1% = India Central Asian - 22.5% = Afghanistan/Tajikistan Scandinavian -12.5% = Norway/Sweden Native American -1.5% = America Middle Eastern - 1.5 % = Arab =

[@FortressofLugh]

Interesting. Those commercial DNA tests are probably not a good way to understand one's actual genetic ancestry, but it seems that the reason it believes you are say 12.5% Scandinavian is that some of your results have a similar appearance to genetic structures found in Scandinavia. Such similarity could be the result of some of the genetics preserved in the region from much more ancient migrations. Thanks for sharing!

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Native American could be ancient North Eurasians. Scandinavian could be Corded Ware. Arab is reliable as expected from the Spread of Islam.

[@AfghanistanExploration]

@@FortressofLughwhat would be a good genetic testing site?

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺What does THAT mean? What is your y-dna haplogroup?? You Afghans are partly the Iranian/Aryan race (Madai/Medes = R1a-Z93 and R2) and partly the Aramean Bactrian race (Geter/Gutians = G2b)

[@DipanjanPaul]

Native American 😮!!

[@SaberScorpion]

Don't know if it's related, but the chaining of the evil god beneath the mountain also sounds very reminiscent of Zeus trapping Typhon beneath Mount Etna in Greek mythology. Typhon was also the father of many other monsters, his struggles created quakes and eruptions, etc.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

definitely related

[@rutha6260]

Came here to add this.

[@DellBlackberry22]

Isnt there a Norse mythology about Loki doing the same

[@rutha6260]

@@DellBlackberry22 he discusses it in the video.

[@dragonboyjgh]

Yeah I was gonna bring up that our sources of celtic and norse mythology were heavily affected by their christian recorders, christianity being EXTREMELY influenced by the zoroastrian tradition, and thus might not be reliable. But yeah, remembering Zeus and the titans/typhon let me realize at least that part is probably untouched. It's just the eschatological parts that are suspect to me now.

[@DipanjanPaul]

Mitra in Sanskrit and other North Indian languages mean Sun and also friend. Mihir also means Sun in Sanskrit, cognate to Persian Mithra and Meher. Zoroasters original name is Zarathustra, zarath=golden (cognate yo Sanskrit Harith), and Ushtra=camel (same word in Sanskrit)

[@driller1]

Lol... No one is interested in ur indian history .... 🤦

[@jalilullahIshaqzai]

Zoroaster name is spin which means white in Pashto

[@sunnyshukla9477]

I thought Gold in Sanskrit is Suvarna.

[@vanisridhar5509]

So what??

[@krmallu]

​@vanisridhar5509 So atleast historically they are offshoots of the same vedic culture..

[@MK-yj7pn]

Some more facts about history of Afghanistan. In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, two of the prominent places mentioned are Kamboj and Gandhara. The name Kandahar is believed to be derived from Gandhar, although the region Mahabharata is referring to seems to be further north. Kamboj is in northern parts of Afghanistan. The word for majority Afghan ethnics is Pakhtoon, which is derived from one of the ancient Hindu tribes called Pakhta. Hindu culture in Afghanistan reached it's best under Hindushahi dynasty, which finally collapsed in early 11th century and with that the Vedic element in Afghan culture declined rapidly. Immediately began waves of Islamic invasions from Afghanistan into India, which led to a whole branch of history of medieval India. Also, a very impressive sculpture artform developed in Afghanistan called the Gandhara school of art, it had beautiful fusion of Hindu and Greek art, but it completely vanished when both Greek and Hindu culture started disappearing from the region. The ancient Taxila univercity is right next to northern Afghanistan, which indicates that a lot of Afghan people must've been studying there. Afghanistan was glorious with all sorts of cultures, religions and art, to see what it is today makes me sad. No Buddhists, no Jains, not even a hundred Hindus, not even a hundred Sikhs, almost all art is dead there. It is borderline unbelievable, because although the Greek link was lost long ago, India was in cultural contact with Afghanistan up until creation of Pakistan in 1947. But Taliban has finally wiped out whatever shared culture remained.

[@johncarter40101]

Yooooo bruh... After reading this felt like a whole journey into the past using a time machine.. Hahahaaaaa :)

[@fightclub2210]

😂😂😂😂

[@GopalakrishnaGubbi]

​@@johncarter40101Off course, your recognised history makes you perceive civilization on earth like the life span of a mosquito while you would find it extremely hard to imagine the history of the man you're drawing blood from

[@daksh6388]

Gandhar was probably Kandahar, khyber and kabul region as it's capital was Taxila.

[@Shouryavardhansinghtawar-qv4uk]

​​@@johncarter40101hindu sahihs or baul shahis were last hindu Dynasty who just like battle of thermopolyse fought bravery in monsoon season and lost it in 1009

[@barbarossa5700]

In the Skjöldunga saga and the Ynglinga saga, Odin came from Asia (Scythia) and conquered Northern Europe. He gave Sweden to his son Yngvi and Denmark to his son Skjöldr. Since then the kings of Sweden were called Ynglings and those of Denmark Skjöldungs. The country name of Russia(‘the men who rowed’) is in honour of a redheaded Viking by the name of Rurik. The name Rurik is accepted to be a form of the Old Norse name Hrærekr. This has been taken as evidence that Rurik was in some way ethnically Scandinavian. The only similarly named figure described in the Carolingian Annales Fuldenses and Annales Bertiniani was Rorik of Dorestad (also spelled Rørik, Rörik, Roerik, Hrörek, etc.), a Germanic king from the royal Scylding house of Haithabu in the Jutland Peninsula. Since the 19th century, there have been attempts to identify him with the Rurik of Russian chronicles. Scylding - Old English Scylding (plural Scyldingas) and Old Norse Skjöldung (plural Skjöldungar), meaning in both languages "People of Scyld/Skjöld" refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes, especially kings. Skjöldr (Latinized as Skioldus, sometimes Anglicized as Skjold or Skiold) was among the first legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned in the Prose Edda, in Ynglinga saga, in Chronicon Lethrense, in Sven Aggesen's history, in Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin abstract of the lost Skjöldunga saga and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Under the name Scyld he also appears in the Old English poem Beowulf. Scyld Scefing is the legendary ancestor of the Danish royal lineage known as the Scyldings. He is the counterpart of the Skioldus or Skjöldr of Danish and Icelandic sources. He appears in the opening lines of Beowulf, where he is referred to as Scyld Scefing, indicating he is a descendant of Sceafa, Scyld son of Scef, or Scyld of the Sheaf.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

also a great comment, I hope people read both

[@willbass2869]

Well folks, here is your syllabus for gradute survey course # 990.1. Good comment. Thx for the post.

[@Randi-k6m]

Odin was perceived as a god throughout the Germanic territory, not just in Scandinavia. So if he had been a man of flesh and blood, what other land did he give to his "sons"? In a few narratives in the Icelandic sagas he is portrayed as a man, but in most scriptures he is described as a god living among the other gods. One has to be extremely careful not to jump to conclusions because of similarities in language, often they are completely random.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

@@Randi-k6m Odin/Woden/etc goes back to Indo-European times (that we know of, it's hard, if not imposible, to pin point the origin). So, since IE spread through all of Eurasia, I'd say there was plenty of land to give. The similarities in language when it comes to IE and all its branches are pretty well studied and stablished. Look into the IE myths and you'll see the nordic, vedic, slav (etc) myths very clearly.

[@ravenalbj]

A great historic mistake is that Romanians and Romanian language evolved from Latin. Romanians are descendants of Gete/Gaeti people the name meaning "sons of mother earth". The Skits were part of the Gete people. In Romanian the word ODIN-IOARA means "in the beginning", or "in the very far past". The relationship between ODIN and ODINIOARA is undeniable. The word FIOR means "shivers" in Romanian, hence the name FIORDS. No doubt "shivers" (FIOR) went thru people who sailed thru FIORDS. Another great historical mistake, is the believing that Goths were Germanic people. The name "Goths" is a Germanic mis-pronunciation of the name Gete/Gaeti. Therefore the Goths of the Scandinavia were Romanian ancestors and the Vikings were Germanic. There were constant wars between the two nations as described in Beowulf, and at about the year 700 the Goths left Scanza (Scandinavia) and moved to Normandy. The "Latin" part of the English language is acctually from Romanian language, because Normans spoke the language Romanians speak today. The conqueror always imposes its language. In Romanian NEAMT means German. NEAM means "relative/kinfolk". I had big problems understanding the origin of the word NEAMT for "German", which implies kinfolk relationship between Romanians and Germans. Only when I read Beowulf I understood how the word came about. In Beowulf it is described how many times marriages were tried between Germanics and the Geats in order to establish peace, but always failed. The Romanian word NEAMT meaning in the same time "German" and "kinfolk" evolved from those marriages in Scandinavia. Sarmati were also part of the Gaeti/Geati nation and they controlled all the territory of Pannonia and the land to the Baltic. The word BALTA means "lake" in Romanian. Now you know the origin of the name "BALTIC" Sea. There are immense explanations in Romanian language, but so far only I am the one who insist on these great etymological facts, and I have immense problems establishing this fact, even tough I have undeniable proof. It is in hun]man nature to deny new discoveries when wrong teachings were applied earlier. In Beowulf at 195 say "the thane of Hygelac the valiant Geat" refering to Beowulf. It does not say Goth, it say Geat which is clearly Gaet/Get. The name GRENDEL is from Romanian GRAND EL meaning "the great him". P.S. I studied for more than 10 years just about all the antiquity books that survived and are translated in English. Therefore I assure you, I know more true history that all the historians together. Acctually my conclusion is that the "historians" and "scholars" know very little true history. Most of the history they teach is wrong.

[@khushayarshah5595]

What an informative and valid presentation of historical evidence indicating the link between Afghans and Europeans. In Dari, we use dokhtar similar to English word daughter. We are the same people only living in different parts of the world. In Zoroastrain the word for God is Khoda, sth we still use despite Arabic word Allah. We Dari speakers still prefer khoda to Allah. Actually, khoda and and God are the same words. The English word god had a vowel as goda. The voiced consonant /g/ was different historically. You see how close we are!

[@manjukanyalkaira6983]

Both are from sanskrit 'duhitara' meaning daughter

[@amanderps970]

Once again, phenomenally researched and exceptionally written. Thank you so much for putting so much hard work and passion into this.

[@gmo882]

I will visit Afghanistan one day. I keep watching videos of this country and I am always amazed. I'm amazed at its people and culture. Would love try its food and enjoy its people and beautiful scenery.

[@fanzy1338]

Absolutely fascinating. This was one the most detailed and comprehensive account of early Indo European origin, language, culture, etc.

[@lancelotdufrane]

It is curious, how, the Historical past of these areas,… is completely ignored and avoided by the west. For me, that just compounds my interest. Thank you.

[@athenassigil5820]

This has got to be one of the best channels on YT! This video is absolutely amazing and Afghanistan one of the world's biggest tragedies.

[@963ag]

The people of Afghanistan have always been unique in comparison to other ethnic groups of the region - they are not Persians, nor Arabs... The language is also distinct from others of the Near East and Eurasia. My last name is through my marriage to a Mexican national, but both of my parents were Hungarian refugees. My father, the same as I, was very interested in history and anthropology. I am interested in the ancient steppe nomads - Scythians, Avars, etc. It is fascinating how legends like the White Stag and the Tree of Life are widespread throughout this entire region... I have an aunt through marriage to my maternal uncle who is Roma, ( gypsy) of course, they originated from northwest India - but also have cultural ties with the Lom, Dom, Persia, and ethnic groups around Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turkey.

[@ahmadhassan4848]

No Romanian gypsies are related to groups from the Indian subcontinent not Afghanistan lol

[@Nihari993]

All Gypsies are related to motherland Africa so lol again

[@tassia1954]

Roma in Greece look rather Indian than African

[@ChachiMogo]

The Gypsies were called Jatts in Afghanistan. These Jatts or Gypsies were not seen as local but merchants who had come to the lands hundreds of years ago. So, in turn, the Jatts (Gypsies) could be the same people as the Jaats of India and Pakistan. Which means the Gypsie's ancestors were the Jaats of India/Pakistan.

[@AfghanKing-]

@@ChachiMogo that’s right I also heard that in Afghanistan the Kurds are also referred to as Jatts and they are gypsies they mostly live in Herat and most their women are prostitutes.

[@shayanfirouzian8801]

In addition to the huge appreciation of your efforts, I think it is vital to someone who works in this field to know the correct pronunciation of "Iran"; it is not "eye ran", but "Ei run"

[@bonemarrow3439]

True it annoys me as well

[@anahitas8066]

I always remind myself of the way we pronounce the name of other countries and cities, and decide to accept it’s no big deal.

[@snakesghost7817]

I am a full blooded Iranian that was born in the US. I loved this video so much, you did a great job man ! I just subscribed.

[@richern2717]

I get the feeling that Indo-European people were good Storytellers and they managed to capture the imagination of the people they came into contact with.

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

there is a reason Hinduism and Buddhism are so popular in East Asia, as opposed to their native beliefs, and for all intents and purposes Catholicism is just Romanized Christianity with idolatry and basically other gods like the saints

[@manessvijay]

@@collin-theonlyandone2299 Hinduism came into play in 1920s' earlier it was caste based society dominated by the Savarnas

[@yorgosmouzakitis7052]

Of course they are..Because they dont even exist and you believe in their existence..

[@shahram4572]

You don't have to doTheft the identity of my ancestors، You White skin are so small white، You have the world to sludge ، Hide your little bodne. You don't have the right to use my names of my ancestors، You are not eryan، More than five thousand years ago, in our holy books, Vaada and avesta have told us our ariyan and its land (Septel Hindu), Now you're trying to split yourself with our identity With tricks and lies ، Judge your self

[@anahita934]

@@manessvijay who the hell r u??

[@susanbudd2184]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve wanted to travel to Afghanistan for quite some time, it just hasn’t felt safe traveling alone. I appreciate your video and your ancient historical perspective. Embracing our past and valuing those things that make people and places unique is a beautiful action. 🙏🏼🦋🌍⛲️

[@sheher4683]

Everything he mentioned belongs to Tajiks of Afghanistan the Tajiks are pur bactrian and Pashtuns are parthians there history is completely different they have nothing to do with Everything he mentioned belongs to Tajiks of Afghanistan the Tajiks are pur bactrian and Pashtuns they have nothing to do with bactrian 😏

[@cvravishankar]

Thank you for the wonderful coverage. I could connect to many of the words to Sanskrit and many Indian languages. Gau = Cow Thirtha = threya ( third) Jamshed - India has a place called Jamshedpur named after the great industrialist Jamshedji Tata who is a Parsi Mithra = Friend And so many more..

[@pablito4762]

In German its Kuh which is similiar to Gau and Cow

[@paulomi9351]

​@@pablito4762while latin itself is new and English language borrows word from German language which itself borrows word from sanskrit 😊 There are even Prakrit languages So we have for eg Gujurati language derived from sauraseni Prakrit and sanskrit and uses devanagari script for writing which belongs to brahmic family of writing script While kharosti script is sister script of brahmi written from right to left Gandhari prakrit inscription found in Afghanistan and even sharada script inscription found in Afghanistan which was native script for writing kashmiri language and sanskrit earlier While punjabi language uses gurumukhi script for writing Sarada script named after rigvedic goddess Saraswati or Sarada, goddess of learning and wisdom The real name of indus valley civilization is sapt sindhu Saraswati civilization besides mighty river Saraswati and sindhu sagar or arabian sea ⛵ Lothal and dholavera sites of sapt sindhu Saraswati civilization in gujurat india were well developed ports from ancient times. While indus valley civilization had trade relations with ancient Mesopotamia and Sumerian civilizations

[@Prabhu108.]

​@@pablito4762Sanskrit and German share the same Indo European linguistic roots.

[@pablito4762]

@@Prabhu108. , yes i know. Indians and Iranians as Indo-Europeans are like distant cousins of germanic people: Germans, Dutch, Swedes...

[@BE74297]

Namaste. He didn't mention the Hindu Shahi Kingdoms, when Bharat (India) extended into Afghanistan, that were attacked and defeated by the brutal Abrahamic Islamists. A good article is: Heroic Hindu Resistance: Hindu-Sahis - guardians of Bharat’s north-western gates Excerpt: Early resistance by the three Hindu kingdoms When the Arabs set out to ‘conquer the world’, three Hindu kingdoms of Sindh, Kabul (Kapisha), and Zabul (Jabala) or Zabulistanwere ruling the north-western boundary of Bharat. Naturally, they were the first to face the brunt of the invading Islamic Arab forces. Kabul was ruled by the Hindu dynasty known as Shahi/Sahi (Turk-Shahi of Tibetan origin), believed to be originally the Little Yueh-Chi rulers, that held sway over the region extending from the river valley of Kabul (Kubha) to the Upari-Syena (Hindukush) mountains as early as 4th century CE. (Yüeh-chih, also called Indo-Scyth, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 bce to about 450 ce.)

[@wanderingnomad1]

Great documentary, I've always found Afghanistan and Central Asia's pre-Islamic history fascinating.

[@sampal7221]

Thank you for your wonderful work of history - and I hope that sanity prevails to Afghanistan, the motherland of nations, tribes, and history (Afghanistan-Kabul). I am a living confirmation of some of the topics you discussed in this video. As an Afghan my ancestors Pashtoon tribes lived in the region since whatever times "Momand tribes" my actual genetic test shows 70% Afghan "Afghanistan-northern Pakistan" -12% eastern Iranian, 1% Greek 2% Sothern China (which may explain Tajiks central Asians) but the most interesting point is: majority of my 5th 6th and so on cousins are of Scottish, Irish, Slavic surnames. I couldn't explain but I think genetic test may be able to help with some Myths being actually true. I remember our history class when I was a child in 80s suggesting some Europeans migrated from Afghanistan to Europe, but it can be the opposite as your great history lesson in this video explains. My regards to humanity in general but it is great to know your routes as it creates more respect and connections with your modern-day ancestors.

[@VOCATUS123]

Dense and heavy. I will have to watch this extremely well done video a few times! The connections across Europe is fascinating.

[@rickybuhl3176]

We were pretty well connected in the past, always enjoyed how the origin stories seem so similar.

[@king_halcyon]

Everybody is connected

[@idpl94]

There's always room for a new good-quality channel on my KZbin subscription list. Thanks a lot, Fortress of Lugh!

[@D3leriumX]

Thank you so much for this video. My mother named me after the mythical figure, Yama ♥️🇦🇫

[@Cat-tastrophee]

I remember when the "Humans of New York" guy traveled to and photographed the Afghani landscape and people and I was stunned by how beautiful the country and people were. Up until that point, most of what I'd seen and heard about Afghanistan was filtered through news affected by war propaganda and xenophobia. It's a far more rich and complex place than the credit it's given.

[@Captain.390]

Afghani is the currency of Afghanistan.

[@IYeleven]

I’m ethnic Pashtun afghan, I had my ancestry dna tested and found ancient euro origins. Hunter gatherer, farming tribes. My bro has Haplogroup r1b. Perhaps this explains why some of my family members have blue and green eyes, blonde and red hair.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Hey Inayah knew you would show up in the video comment section. How are you? Godbless :)

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

There is this video that can explain to you and answer some of your questions hopefully. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipipqWNvZ5qHgbc

[@ealiasnazir]

No you have this in your blood because British and Russians got in ya

[@persiansoundsAfg]

@@ealiasnazir your a jealous Tajik or Hazara

[@IYeleven]

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 Do you still have discord ?

[@MANCO513]

U didn't talk about the fact that Aryans stammes from Aria (Herat) and Bactria (Balkh). Both are two of the oldest cities.

[@gopinathanchoyi7182]

The word Stan comes originally from the Sanskrit word "Stanam", which means location/ place etc.

[@tomcat4321]

It’s actually Sthanam in Sanskrit. Old Persian and Sanskrit are extremely similar. Modern day Farsi is corrupted by Arabic. The letter P was replaced by B in Farsi by Arabic.

[@RedDao-ze2ql]

@@tomcat4321 An Iranian I know still says "Parsi" instead of "Farsi", and doesn't use much arabic loanwords

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@RedDao-ze2ql 🤺☦🇷🇺Afghans are partly the Iranian/Aryan race (Madai/Medes = R1) and partly the Aramean Bactrian race (Geter/Gutians = G2b)

[@r3boxx]

May be the word Stanam comes originally from the Persian word

[@tomcat4321]

@@r3boxx At some point, these were the same people. Perhaps 3000 years ago. Hindu epics have a remnant folk lore of how Persians and Vedic Hindus got separated.

[@jpr2177]

By the way; The “double headed stupa” you showed in the beginning has sign in Urdu a Pakistan language where this stupa is. Alexander camp was at Taxila near Pakistan current capital of Islamabad. Same place was also historic Indian ruler Ashoka’s capital. The city of Taxila is loaded with artifacts of invaders to india. You’ll find numerous original artifacts sold by farmers in Sunday bazar in summer street in Islamabad.

[@andytuesday500]

You are a wealth of wanted knowledge. I’ve been looking for this type of incite into this history. Thank you 🙏

[@weshays1133]

Great video! So interesting to have what seems very posibble geneitic and linguistic ties. It's too bad it had been such a warzone over there in recent history. Alot has probably been destroyed. Thank you for sharing you knowledge!

[@EasyRitwik]

'Stan' suffix is direct translation in Avestan from Sanskrit 'sthan' which means place or land. From Persia to Af to current day Pak to the plains of north and hills of south India there was ONE culture with certain degrees of variations from region to region. This culture is aptly be called 'Sanatan' culture because it has all the ingredients as described in your very informative lecture. Thanks for that. The Rig Veda, as rightly indicated by you, is the oldest scripture in the region, and it mentions 'Sanatan' word. The Sanatan culture is now known as Hindu culture.

[@teovu5557]

Afghan doesnt mean the Distanced people.....The majority of historians agree Afghan comes from the Ashvakans a tribe mentioned as a Indo-Scythian tribe living in what is now Afghanistan. The Ashvakans are also recorded by Persians as the Abgans which means The Horsemens or Horse Lords....I would LOVE for you to link a source where it is stated Afghan means The Distanced people.....

[@swamashijudbedolofritt4448]

Not only that, but some of the timelines was mixed in random order and used as arguments for origins of names and so on. Indo European myths being the predecessors for Persian myths? Fact check please. You mixed about 3000 years apart before origins. Fact check please. Just mixed r with l? Ehm no. Old Persians had the both r and l in there alphabet. That's easy to look up.

[@rakeshsingh8054]

True...in sanskrit ashva means horse and sthan means land....

[@teovu5557]

@@rakeshsingh8054 Yeah In the many Iranian languages Horse is Asb,Asp,As,Assa,Essa,Jas and Efs all shorten forms of Aspa and Ashva. The name Afghan fits nicely with the Ossetian langauage(Modern Scythian language) as Efsgan which we get modern Afghan(Pashto also being a modern Scythian language).

[@rakeshsingh8054]

@@teovu5557 in ancient texts its mentioned it's people were horse breeders. Even in text Mahabharat the name of the queen of kaurava was Gandhari....from gandhar.

[@JaqenHegar]

@@teovu5557 Ancient iranians and indians were having similarity in culture.

[@IGLOWANDRIVE]

I am pakhtun, thank you for this video.

[@thepersica6907]

Afghanistan and many other zones in central-north Asia, such as Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, were parts of classical Iranian(Aryan) lands. Some racial mixture occurred in the 13th century's Eastern and North Eastern Iranian territories, including Afghanistan and Tajikistan, because of Mongolian army crimes when Mongolians attacked Iran(Persia) in that century. Britain separated Afghanistan from Iran in the 19th century.

[@yasminea7149]

The Pashtuns fought Iran to separate and created Afghanistan

[@GHANI-GH]

Afghanistan was never part of Iran Many empires appeared in Central Asia, with the capital of many of these empires in present-day Afghanistan

[@thepersica6907]

To@@GHANI-GH: According to history, you're completely wrong!

[@tamimmusafer2277]

Iran had for 950 years not it’s own gouvernement, the Afghans ruled iran for centuries 😮

[@tamimmusafer2277]

@@thepersica6907you please don’t make fake history

[@nareshlathia5334]

The word "stan" really comes from Sanskrit. The Sanskrit word "sthan" means "place". Sanskrit is thousands of years older than English. Nothing to do with the English word "stand". The Afghani people are known in Hindu Scriptures as "Gandharvas". Their main city was called GANDHAR. This is now called KANDAHAR. The Gandharvas people were very good musicians. Still are. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIKqZ5pmZaipnK8 Pease note the similarities in the sounds of the names/words. 17:32

[@persiansoundsAfg]

Gandharan was in NE Afghanistan and Khandahar is in southern Afghanistan very incorrect information. Khandahar stands for Alexandria nothing to do with Hindus. Afghans were never Hindus only Buddhist

[@Truthbetold367]

This is wrong Ghandhara was in North and just general area of Pakistan. Afghans have nothing to do with Indians, just neighbours.

[@MuhammadSultan-g9t]

proud to be afghan and pashtoon

[@barbarossa5700]

Ahura Mazda; The literal meaning of the word Ahura is "lord," and that of Mazda is "wisdom." Avestan ahura "lord" derives from Proto-Indo-Iranian language *Hásuras, also attested in an Indian context as Rigvedic asura. As suggested by the similarity to the Old Norse æsir, Indo-Iranian *Hásuras may have an even earlier Proto-Indo-European language root. It is commonly supposed that Indo-Iranian *Hásuras was the proper name of a specific divinity with whom other divinities were later identified. In the word "huma", "hu" represents spirit, and the word "mah" in Arabic means water. In English the word "human " explains two facts which are characteristic of humanity: "hu" means God and "man" means mind, which word comes from the Sanskrit "mana", mind being the ordinary person. The Egyptian god Hu was one of the minor gods in some respects, but he was one of the most important gods for those serious about Egyptian deities. Hu is the power of the spoken word. He personifies the authority of utterance. Hu was particularly important because he was the epitome of the power and command of the ruler. Even after death, Hu was of the utmost importance to the Kings of Ancient Egypt. Hu acted as the Kings companion as the King entered the Afterlife. Through Hu, the King maintained his royal authority in the Afterlife. Hu allowed the King to cross the waters of his canal and acknowledged the Kings authority and supremacy. So far, we know Hu as the personification of Divine Utterance. However, some legends maintain that he was not just a part of creation, but that he was the creator. It is said that as Hu drew his first breath, there was in that sound the essence of his name. Hence, we have the name Hu, which sounds remarkably like the sound of an expelling breath. With each breath Hu expelled, creation took place. The first breath created the Soul of Osiris. His last creation was the Sun. So it is said that Hu is the Word of God, the first and the last breaths, Hu Hu. Hu is the oldest known God... (Chinese: 天主, Tiānzhǔ) "Heavenly Master" or "Lord of Heaven". In Sufism Hu or Huwa is the pronoun used with Allah or God. Allah Hu means "God, Just He!". In Arabic Allah means God and with Hu, as an intensive added to Allah, means "God himself." In Hebrew we find the phonetic Hu in YHWH and that of his son YehowsHUwa.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

Great comment, thank you for your input

[@BreninCyhyr]

No.

[@albusai]

Tower of Babel

[@topg2820]

'Ahura' is the Avestan corruption of 'Asura' which means Demon/-ve God, 'Mana' does mean Mind, but the actually connection is from King Manu who is considered the First Man (of this Mānavantara), 'Mānava'/'Manushya' means 'Man', his brother Yama (who you call Yima) is the First Man to Die

[@gunjfur8633]

The first part is correct, the second is not Human comes from Latin Humanus, which comes from Humus (earth), and is related to Homo (person)

[@rishikeshwagh]

It's everything I want in an ancient history video. Thank You!

[@jalilhaqiqi1889]

The video refers to their European traits and European ancestry, which is incorrect, Afghans have no connection with the continent of Europe. The only connection they have is that people who went to Europe and people who came to Afghanistan share ancestors. So again, their ancestors were not from Europe, but Europeans and Afghans came from the same group of people who lived in Central Asia a very long time ago. This is an important distinction.

[@joebidet2050]

Yes true 👍

[@gitasingh1437]

True.

[@midnightblue3285]

Depends on a genetic groups

[@jalilhaqiqi1889]

@@midnightblue3285 the video refers to Afghans collectively, but even if broken into groups, there are no Afghan groups that came from Europe. There might be some individuals, but no ethnic groups with roots from Europe.

[@midnightblue3285]

@@jalilhaqiqi1889 There are ethnic groups exist and still living there too but people have still some degree level of admixtures

[@xoxo334]

Absolutely incredible. I have never come across a channel as good at this. Thank you for being so respectful 🙏🏼

[@sohrabsaidaga2271]

So much in depth information about the cultural and social heritage of the region! First video i’ve that is this profound about Afghanistan and its history. Where can I find the sources you used in the video! I would to read and educate myself more !

[@musTHEgoose]

Great topic. So glad I stumbled upon this video. Extremely interesting stuff...

[@stevebarber8501]

Thanks!

[@FortressofLugh]

Thank you!

[@mohammadakbari7710]

It's a good short and general account of the Afghan History, Culture, Religions and Traditions. Afghanistan has been a melting pot of various people and civilizations. In deed, the Afghan Nation represents an admixture of the indigenous inhabitants (mainly Pashtuns) and the non-indigenous inhabitants (mostly Hazara, Uzback and Arab). I would like to thank you for the production of this valuable video. However, I would like to mention two points that deseve to be noted with regard to the topic. 1. The word Iran as the present name for the country of Persia is very recent; about half century old. Since its adoption, the new name has become a source of a lot of confusion and distortion about the people, the habitat and languages of the Aryan Poeple, particularly, the Indo-Iranian branch of the Aryans. When one speaks of Iran and Iranic Poeple and Languages, the readers or listeners think it means Persia and the people and languages of Persia; while in fact the words respectively refer to Aryana (the native land of the Aryans) and the Aryan People and Languages. Perhaps, Persia may have been deliberately given the new name Iran with this confusion and distortion in mind, so that Persia could claim for itself the history, the original country and heritage of the Aryan People. 2. The second point is that if the origins of the ancient Pashto and Persian words are traced and a comparison of the Awestan and Vedic words (present in these two langauges) is made, it will be found that the two languages share a common ancestry. Particuarly, Pashto and Dari (the Afghan Language which had been transformed in Iran through out the history into present day Persian) appear to be very closely related to each other.

[@qumarsharis]

And Tajiks as native inhabitants too, don't be so coy to leave us out

[@Giti-m4k]

Thank you for explaining.. For example, if current Iran decided to rename itself France, one of its cities Paris, and build an Eiffel Tower identical to the one in Paris, claiming it was the same tower and that they were France, how would that sound? Embarrassing, right?

[@pravinpatel3472]

I am very happy to learn the word " Aryaman " In hindu religion , when anyone praying and gives food in shradh to their forefathers , they have to start pray which starts from thankful shlok. Sentence which starts from " Aryaman"

[@Error_-qz2zr]

Afghan people's acceptance of whatever life throws at them is fascinating. You can see what 40 years of war does to a nation

[@nerdelf3704]

We’ll presented and we’ll researched. This should be considered mandatory learning for all people world wide. KZbinrs like you are changing the world for the better through education. Thank are not enough, so I wish you good fortune in the years to come.

[@duba-uduba-u]

I truly enjoy your podcast and docs. I always feel like I have been enlightened and learned something that I had not known before. Thank you for all of your hard work and research.

[@rachel_Cochran]

Great video! I would love to hear more about the lesser known PIE connections across cultures!!

[@iagree6677]

Fantastic stuff. Survive the jive is excellent too!

[@reviewsfromasocialjusticel8558]

Spring and autumn solstice? I think you mean “equinox.” The sun doesn’t appear to stop in spring and autumn like it does in summer and winter, but day and night are of equal duration during both equinoxes.

[@noone-zl2di]

8:31 the similarity is uncanny,after the decline of vedic culture there were also 16 great nation or mahajanapada.

[@khaibaromari8178]

Great report and research, enjoyed it!

[@AnandKumar-qd3qh]

Afghanistan is a corruption of a much earlier name Up-Gana-Sthan, which means it was a sub-province of a much larger and politically much more important region. And this important region is Gandhar, or as it is known today as Kandahar (again a corrupted name). The earliest reference to this region is from Ramayan as it was part of Ram Rajya established by Lord Ram for his sons Luv and Kush. Their descendants, primarily Bharat established a large kingdom. It was part of the kingdom of Bharat and was hence part of the larger, Bharatvarsh, more commonly known today as Akhand Bharat. During the time of Mahabharat, the region Gandhar was important as Gandhari the mother of Duryodhan came from. Much of today’s Afghanistan was actually a sub province of the previously more important Kandahar.

[@kimkimi3315]

Not true. If you do your research you’ll find out that gandhar and Kandahar are two completely different regions.

[@AnandKumar-qd3qh]

@@kimkimi3315 Says YOU. Afghanistan - UpGanaSthan (meaning Sub-Province), other ancient names are - Avgaan, Ashvak (horse rider), Ashkayan (route of horse riders), Aryana, Aryanam, Viju, Khurasan, Pashtoonkhwah, Pakhtiya, Aeseen Vijo or Aryanum Vijo (land of Aryans as named by Zarathrushtra. Ancient Afghanistan had Brahmui as its language. Ancient names of rivers of Afghanistan - Vakshu, Kubha (today's Kabul), Krum, Rasaa, Gomati, Haryu. Ancient cities of Afghanistan - Kuhka, Gandhar, Bahlik, Vokkan, Kapisha, Meru, Kambhoj, Purushpur (Purushapura or today’s Peshawar in Pakistan), Suvastu, Pushkalavati (ancient Capital city of Gandhara region), etc. Ancient Gandhara had parts of today's Pakistan. Purushapura and Pushkalavati are ancient names from the time of Ramayan. But YOU wont believe this.

[@Unknown___5]

Gandhara is today's texila in punjab Kandahar ancient name was arachosia Kandahar name originated from alexzandria(sikandar+khar) Kandahar have nothing to do with gandhara(punjab) You can search

[@Unknown___5]

And stop creating fake stories you Indians

[@AnandKumar-qd3qh]

Since when?

[@srn9993]

Wonderful video. However a few mistakes i noticed was that "dari" as a language isn't the modern version of "farsi" spoken in iran. It is the literature, rather more sophisticated form of language which were used in the kings courts or darbar(hence the word dari"). Dari and farsi both originated from "pehlavi". And pehlavi originated from Sanskrit (spoken in ancient India).

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

Nevermind, point is, that the Parsa was a Median minority ruling tribe (Iranian race = R1a-Z93) over a majority Elamite population, and that is why most of the people of Iran are haplogroup J2-m172 (Elamites), not genetically Iranian

[@Abe-my9wb]

Dari and Farsi are 2 names for the Persian language. What you're calling "pehlavi" is actually Middle Persian which used the Pahlavi (Parthian) alphabet. They did not originate from Sanskrit but do share a common origin with it.

[@free_br]

Isthaan is the root word for persian word istan Isthaan comes from Sanskrit Ancient (more than 6K yrs) relationship between Kandhaar and ancient Indian civilization that spoke Sanskrit.

[@javedsultan4830]

stan is persian for land or country

[@NoRiceToEat]

@@javedsultan4830yes it means the same in Sanskrit

[@Unknown___5]

In tantkrit you guys say desh or pradesh stop s#ing pajee

[@Shiva-nx1tn]

​@@Unknown___5sthan Is A Sanskrit Word Jihadi .Pradesh Or desh Means Country While Sthan means Place

[@shantanushekharsjunerft9783]

While I am not disputing what has been said here, but ancient Hindu Vedic and Buddhist texts use the word “Arya” as “noble” and not for ethnicity or race. For instance one of the steps of Buddhist noble 8 fold path is “noble silence”, literally translated from Sanskrit “Arya Maun”.

[@maribriggs9365]

This was great. Beyond words. Tons and tons of work. Thank you.

[@PanHaszaman]

"Stan" in Polish language means a state and also a condition of something. "Dobry Stan" for example means Good Quality. "Stan Cryzysowy" for example means Critical State. Stań - Means stand Stanąć - Means to stand Wstań - Get up And so on so on. Word stan is one of the root words of Polish language, because it exists in so many other words, where it always indicates something related to standing.

[@niamdesudat2040]

Aryan or Iranian people add the suffix "Stan" in the lands where they have lived. for example: Poland = Lahestan (They lived on the east bank of the "Wisła" River) Serbia = Serbstan Bulgaria= Bulgarstan Hungary= Magyarstan India = Hindustan Armenia= Armenstan Georgia = Gorgestan Tatarstan, Bashkristan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kurdistan .... Some words in the ancient Persian language in 2500 years ago are exactly like Polish or very similar!

[@anahitas8066]

Think there’s an etymological root there. “Ast” or “hast” in Persian means “is”, “hastand” means “they are”, “Ist” means “stand”, we also call our states “Ostān”. I reckon the suffix originates from the state of existence or simply presence of the said people.

[@JaqenHegar]

Hindus still worship Aryama(aryaman) for 15 days in a year in pitra paksh(15 days of ancestors).In pitra paksh hIndus used to pay respect to all those ancestors because of whom we are alive. Poors,animal(dogs,cow) are fed in the name of ancestors.

[@samanthawalsh4172]

Would you consider doing a deep dive into the word “Caucasian”? Nowadays people equate it to “white” but there’s many old non-white cultures being erased from the Caucasus Mountains.

[@Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp]

It is from Caucasoid. And means exactly the same people's he talks about in this video. "White" doesn't exist, it is a political construct that people of US and UK unfortunately still use.

[@scipiopersicus1928]

Wow , very well researched. Thanks.

[@Captain.390]

You did an amazing job by your research!

[@iamscoutstfu]

Apsu means "watery deep beneath the Earth" in Sumerian... "Lugal" means "King" in Sumerian.... In the Sumerian Myth, Anu is the supreme god, Tiamat is a dragon cow who's body is used to make the earth. Anu has Two sons, Enlil and Enki; god's of the sky and and/or water, respectively. Enlil forms mankind from clay with the help of Inanna and then saves mankind after Enki decides they need to be wiped out with a great flood. You gotta wonder why people would want to destroy all that.

[@eva4adam451]

Thank you.nice informatian.

[@ArrowBast]

Apsu is the freshwater that comes from wells and underground sources ( springs etc) . And Snakes were supposed to indicate presence of groundwater.

[@byron-ih2ge]

afghan comes from the sanskrit word " ashvakan" which means horse people as afghanistan provided the best of horses to ancient indian kings!! also u should learn about gandhara and kamboja!

[@extratropicalcyclone8567]

Yes, they also fought bravely against Alexander's invasion , but sadly lost and were barbarically massacred and enslaved by him and their 230,000 best quality oxen were taken to Macedonia.

[@topg2820]

@@extratropicalcyclone8567 Alexander, the Great only till he reached India, not even sure if you can call it a victory, be made truce with King Porus who fought him with extreme valour, he shat his pants fighting a few tribals, his army was so exhausted they refused to march forward to India, the buffer states gave them so much trouble that the thought of The Great Chandragupta Maurya's powerful army terrified them

[@realitycheck3994]

@@topg2820 It was actually Dhana Nanda of Nanda dynasty who were ruling the northern part of Indian subcontinent at the time when Alexander attacked and fought with Porus who was the king of Punjab Region .

[@persiansoundsAfg]

Afghans were the kings of India and Iran

[@ieasianpride9362]

@@persiansoundsAfg if by Afghans u mean bactrians then no,bactrians weren't even able to conquer Kabul let alone India and Iran 😂😂,Iranians like achamenid, Sassanids ruled all of Afghanistan for centuries and Indian Mauryan empire ruled parts of Afghanistan for 100 years untill Greeks reconquered Afghanistan.

[@OscillatorCollective]

You have it wrong…the indo-Europeans didn’t come “from Europe”…they “went to Europe” from Central Asia.

[@lalabarsemian8941]

Lol obviously, just look at where the population is more concentrated, makes sense that majority of the world lives around the area of the himalayan mountains and then waves of people went west overtime

[@asmirann3636]

@@lalabarsemian8941 It is true. Almost 40-50 % of the world lives in China and Indian subcontinent itself (historically it was even higher). So the migration route is definitely East to West.

[@richardrawls5051]

They went to Europe, then left Europe back east. At least that is what David Reich says his DNA studies show.

[@lalabarsemian8941]

@@richardrawls5051 that sounds like another white man trying to prove that Europe is the centre of the world. People were living in incredibly unsanitary conditions and just attacking each other between their tribes for thousands of years in Europe, while in India even the most simple peasant kept himself clean and even had some concept of spirituality. Tell me where it seems like civilization expanded from.

[@ArrowBast]

@@richardrawls5051 Only a small number came back east - and you ought to factor in not some high and mighty conquerors but mundane human trafficking and slave trade done during persian , roman, greek and ottoman times .IN fact a lot of European mtDNA ended up in Central Asia thanks to rapacious Ottomans and Turco Mongols. The Persian empire and Byzantines too engaged in human trafficking. The Byzantines had a Varangian Guard and Anglo Saxon Mercenaries . In fact the Byzantines invited Turkic nomads to fight the Persian empire . Later when the Arabs expanded the Turks converted and turned against their former Greek sponsors. There are very few incentives in the last few thousand years for Europeans to voluntarily migrate East to Central Asia - the climate is harsher and the people are constantly at war with no real laws and there is less individual freedom as compared to even medieval Europe . so why will they - except for legionnaires to defend European frontiers.

[@sorro9384]

Tack!

[@seangholipour3884]

Thanks for this thorough and interesting video

[@biswabose8577]

The name Afghan has Sanskrit origin which is accepted by scholars. I understand you followed Western scholars version of story , that is mostly wrong and politically motivated . To understand Afghanistan origin you have to sturdy ancient Indian history including Mahabharata

[@quratbaloch4480]

😆🤣agaya bakht

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@quratbaloch4480 tum chtiye tu ham kya karein!! Baloch tu yhan hai ke hai bhi nhi 🤣

[@Ggggg-dp6fi]

Here we go with the Hindus claiming everything again

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@Ggggg-dp6fi its the truth if u dont know then dont speak hindus r the original inhabitants of that land!!

[@biswabose8577]

@@Ggggg-dp6fi I know its frustrating sometimes ! but trust us, we are only pointing out the reality 😊😊

[@ashaia6795]

Thank you for your interest in bringing this valuable information to our attention. Very interesting indeed

[@MastaJP]

This was very insightful. Thank you!

[@phoebusapollon2313]

17:42 the name Yama in Yugoslav language means a pit/really deep pit and it's written "Jama" and pronounced the same as Yama

[@phoebusapollon2313]

@Milosh Simonovski Coincidence ??? The Indo European connections go ever deeper

[@phoebusapollon2313]

@Milosh Simonovski I wanna see the fully remade Indo European language and mythology, some people work/worked on it but they say it's not even close But with the collective work from everyone's perspective we can do it, this channel is doing a really huge contribution and I am thankful

[@CountingStars333]

We have Yamraj in India, king of underworld I think. Yama Raj.

[@CountingStars333]

@@phoebusapollon2313 Well, Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrian continue the southern Indo European traditions straight from the past. Like he said, oldest religious text in the world rig veda. I don't know about European ones though

[@shahram4572]

You don't have to doTheft the identity of my ancestors، You White skin are so small white، You have the world to sludge ، Hide your little bodne. You don't have the right to use my names of my ancestors، You are not eryan، More than five thousand years ago, in our holy books, Vaada and avesta have told us our ariyan and its land (Septel Hindu), Now you're trying to split yourself with our identity With tricks and lies ، Judge your self

[@mysterieschanneled9943]

Such a thoroughly well researched video. Thanks for posting. We are so lucky to live in an era where genetic information helps to solve the age old mysteries.

[@Mithradates_of_Los_Angeles]

Loved thi-s but the genetics research was spotty. Blue eyes are traced back Afghanistan at its most ancient and the indo aryans are linked to iranindia region, both Vedic hunters who moved and settled north into Europe but also the agricultural group that moved westward! Regardless I loved this

[@ArrowBast]

The Red and Blond hair among Afghans is an ancient trait older than that in Europeans . Even desert tribes in Rajasthan - like gypsies have tanned skin but dark blond /brown hair .

[@highwaltage]

yo! thanks for this. its been hard to find any historical info on af

[@theliamofella]

Very informative documentary, and very interesting

[@erdogan123erdogan4]

The Afghan provinces of Nuristan, Kunar and probably Laghman was Kambhoja kingdom an ancient Indian (Indo-Aryan) janapada. Aspasioi and Assakenoi (Ashvakayana) dominated these region during Alexander's campaigns . Panjshir, Kabul (Kubha), Kapisa, Nangarhar, Paktya, Khosht, northern parts of Ghazni province including Ghazni town , northern parts of Paktika , Parwan, Logar, Wardak was Gandharan . Gandhara was an indo-Aryan/Indian janapada. Rest of Afghanistan was mostly Iranic. Kandahar, Zabul, southern Ghazni , much of paktika except some norther areas, Uruzgan, southern daykundi, eastern Helmand was Arachosia and most probably the original homeland of Pashtuns. western Helmand, Nimroz and Farah was "Drangiana" probably homeland of Baloch people. Herat, Ghor, northern Daykundi, southern Badghis, much of Bamyan was "Aria". Land of iranic peoples. Faryab, Badghis was Margiana. Balkh and all other northern provinces like badakshan, takhar, kunduz, baghlan, samangan, saripul, jawzjan was Bactria. Zoroaster lived in Bactria or Aria or Arachosia.

[@Unknown___5]

Bro gandhara was originated from texila(punjab) and wss limited to todays Pakistan territory only

[@erdogan123erdogan4]

​@@Unknown___5 no Kabul valley was Gandhara.... Megasthanese the greek ambassador to India sent by selecus nikator clearly mark boundary of Arachosia. northern border of arachosia was baba mountains (koh-i-baba). Eastern border was suleiman mountains. If you draw a line from gomal pass (norther tip of suleiman mountain) till baba mountain (which is in south of bamyan) , anything north and northeast of that line was Gandharan and Indo -aryan Or Indian. Kabul was part of Gandhara satrapy of achaemenian empire. Conquered by persians after pushkarasakti (see wiki page of Pushkarasarin) Arachosia (indo iranic), Gandhara satrapy (indo aryan or Indian), satyagadia (indoaryan or Indian), Gedrosia (Indo aryan or indian)were ceded by Selecus nikator to Chandragupta Maurya around 303 BC. Megasthanese in indika says 3/4 of these satrapies were earlier part of persian empire and conquered by Alexander, were ceded to Mauryan. I would agree if you say Zabulistan and Kandahar were Iranic... they were not Gandharan or indian. But Hindu shahi territories , Lawik ruled Ghazni and Gardez were culturally indo aryan and not iranic. Sabuk tegin and Mahmud conquered these areas and 250000 Gandharan men were killed and 5,00,000 women and children (includes boys under 13)were enslaved and assimilated to pashtun race..see battle of peshawar (1001 AD)wiki Pashtun land was arachosia and aria too . Hindukush is mentioned as border of Indo aryan world with Iranic world.

[@Unknown___5]

@@erdogan123erdogan4 bro gedrosia is balochistan which is iranic not indic Hindu kush is kalash mountain range and kalash, nuristani and gilgit baltistani people are indo-aryan But if you say kabul then No kabul was part of bactria-margiana it has nothing to do with indics And ghazni and gardiz havr 0 to do with indics Ghazni was homeland of Bitani tribe(khilji, lodhi).

[@erdogan123erdogan4]

@@Unknown___5 Bactria was Balkh centred. its west of Hindukush. Kabul was not inside Bactria. Margiana was turkmenistan (merv). nurestan region was Indo aryan Kambhojan not Gandharan. But Kabul valley was Gandhara. Ghazni and Gardez towns were southern border of Gandhara. Now (Ghazni, gardez) they might be settled by pashtun i agree. they were pashtunised and islamised by Sabuk tegin. just see wiki page of kabul it says "The Islamic conquest reached modern-day Afghanistan in 642 AD, at a time when Kabul was independent. Till then, Kabul was considered politically and culturally part of Indian world. A number of failed expeditions were made to Islamise the region. Kabul, Ghazni, gardez and north east of it were Hindko speaking Indians before Sabuk tegin and Mahmuds conquest. The capital of Gedrosia was Pura. Pura means city in sanskrit. Megasthanese in Indika mention gedrosia and Indian, earlier conquered by persians and then by alexander. Makran coast is gedrosia. Not all of today's Pakistani Baluchistan was Gedrosia. Only the coast was. Arabs considered Tis village near chabahar as starting point of India during the muslim conquest of Rai dynasty or chach dynasty

[@Unknown___5]

@@erdogan123erdogan4 i don't know from were you learn this whole history but gedrosia wasn't indic Baloch are iranic people not indic if you know this? And no ghazni and gardiz were never ever part of indian people Ghazni people are khilji(pashtunized turk) how can be they indic?

[@bharathvansh5127]

Till one thousand years ago afkan was a hindu nation. from In mahabharatha, the queen gandhari came from afghan, it was a hindu nation, after peacefull commnity came inside, humans chenocide became evident. Till Bhimpala (1021 to 1026 CE) of the Hindu Shahis dynasty.......

[@Unknown___5]

Kandahar ancient name was arachosia Kandahar name originated from alexzandria(sikandar+khar) Kandahar have nothing to do with gandhara(punjab) You can search

[@bharathvansh5127]

@@Unknown___5 The last hindu king of afghan is Bhimpala 1022 AD - 1026 AD Please go and google yourself. It is a hindu land, pissful parparians are living illegally there.

[@saikathasan7124]

Lol....say by a lindus....and their superstation 🤣🤣🤣

[@bharathvansh5127]

@@saikathasan7124 he he he..... and 75 crore koothi surabiyans are living this lindu land from afkan till bangla.........🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bharathvansh5127]

@@Unknown___5 he he he.... go and read about Bhimpala (1021 to 1026 CE) of the Hindu Shahis dynasty

[@Soulkeeperr]

Well researched, sir. What an amazing content. I am so happy that I found your channel.

[@janereeves7635]

Very interesting and well done.

[@texasRoofDoctor]

Great video. Alternatively, we could theorize that Odin went into the woods and created humans from the people there...which somewhat neatly ties together the story of Rama (an Aryan God?) And the Enuma Elish where Enki and Enlil did the same. Of all the genesis stories of old religions, these three have some similar echoes. I would likento hear what anyone else has to offer up on this.

[@roicervino6171]

The word "Aryan" also appears in the grave of a Neri nobleman's grave in the west of the Iberian Peninsula

[@Velsbasketcase]

Vandals took NorthWestern Spain from the Romans because of the gold mines. It was from this region many Spaniards came to the Americas.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@Velsbasketcase Wtf do they have to do with Aryans? lol

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Afghans are partly the Iranian/Aryan race (Madai/Medes = R1) and partly the Aramean Bactrian race (Geter/Gutians = G2b)

[@Velsbasketcase]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy On the Western edge of the nomad empire the PIE language evolved into Slavic, on the Eastern edge Iranian, both are PIE dialect continuums and was the last spread of IE nomadism.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@Velsbasketcase I don't understand that gibberish...speak more clearly...Bottom line is that Slavs, Aryans and Germanics are 3 completely different peoples, only connected by being Japhetites (European race)

[@samiafghanlion5450]

Greetings from Afghanistan 🇦🇫🖤❤️💚

[@aamargujjar7785]

😂

[@longliveavalon]

Phenomenal documentary and channel!! Thank you!