#3 - Dr. Niraj Rai: India's Deep Genetic History, Demise of Aryan-Dravidian Myth

Abhijit Chavda Podcast

25-01-2022 • 1 hr 34 mins

Dr. Niraj Rai is one of the world's foremost archaeogeneticists and molecular biologists. He is the group Head of the Ancient DNA Lab at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow.

Dr. Rai speaks about India's deep genetic history, Out-of-India migrations, the demise of the Aryan invasion/migration myth, the flawed ANI-ASI model, Rakhigarhi, Sinauli, Yamnaya invaders, the origin of the R1a1a lineage, endogamy and stratification, Indian horses and cattle, the origin of ancient agriculture, and much more.