Episode 6: The Indo-European Migrations

01/08/22 • 38 min

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Today, we chart the emergence of the proto-Indo-Europeans and their subsequent migrations across Eurasia, including groups like the Indo-Iranians and proto-Tocharians.

Today, we chart the emergence of the proto-Indo-Europeans and their subsequent migrations across Eurasia, including groups like the Indo-Iranians and proto-Tocharians.

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Nomads and Empires - Episode 6: The Indo-European Migrations

Transcript

The year was 1786. The location was the Indian subcontinent, at the time controlled by the British East India Company. It was here, somewhere near the city of Calcutta where a young man from the British Isles made a startling discovery about a world thousands of years in the past. He was huddled in a small room. Candlelight lit the small corners of the place. Stacks of books casted small shadows. The light was dim, but the young man huddled himself over a quaint table. There were a number of d