Indo-Aryan Origins, Genetics and Pre-History: A Conversation with Ashish Kulkarni

Join Mukunda as he speaks with Ashish Kulkarni, better known on Twitter as @agenetics1, he is an engineer and part of a new wave of online genetics researchers, who have access to all the genetic data and are now able to model the data to confirm current ideas or develop new ones. In this episode, we discuss a host of topics including:

00:02:19 Ashish’s Background and how he got into studying genetics

00:11:30 Discussion on how languages can spread

00:19:10 What is Proto-Indo-European, Who were the people who spoke it, and where and when were they in history? Discussion on the homeland of Proto-Indo-European people (Kurgan, Anatolia, Steppe) and the potential migration paths of the various groups of Proto-Indo-Europeans into Europe and Asia

00:41:40 Genetics of the Indus Valley Civilization and the role of Iranian Farmer ancestry across all Indo-European language speaking groups.

00:56:33 Argument and Evidence for Central Asia being the homeland of the Indo-Aryan language family and their people

01:02:20 Horses, Chariots, and Wheels

01:25:30 How has Ashish’s theories been reacted to and responded to by other genetic researchers?

01:31:30 Discussion of R1a haplogroup

01:47:50 Concluding Thoughts

You can find Ashish Kulkarni at:

https://a-genetics.blogspot.com/

Twitter: @agenetics1

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Mukunda Raghavan: Mukunda is a jack of all trades but master of none. His educational background is a mix of political science, criminology, psychological and philosophy. He received his Juris Doctorate in Law from Boston University and was simultaneously working on his Masters in Philosophy focusing on continental philosophy (not completed). He has practiced as a prosecutor in New York City, General Counsel and Operating Officer of a healthcare company in Southern California, Head of Business and Operations for a legal tech company in India and is now in Strategy and Development. Much like his career, Mukunda’s intellectual interests and knowledge is varied, he is interested in Indian and Western philosophy, world mythology, Quantum Physics, Consciousness Studies, Psychology and variety of other fields.

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