Talk:Aryan

Aryavarta
Where do the Vedas mention Āryāvarta? As far as I can see, it's mentioned in the smriti, specifically the Dharmashastras, not in the Vedas. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk!  06:09, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Darius the Great
Doesn't Darius the Great of Persia specifically refer to himself as Ariya-ciča meaning "Aryan Bread"? Shadzad (talk) 10:52, 12 September 2020 (UTC)


 * can 5.47.72.119 (talk) 21:57, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Which is to say it absolutely was used to refer to ones genes, ie race? Shadzad (talk) 10:53, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You mean "bred"? Even if that's the case, it could mean caste, tribe, or similar, which is not equivalent. FunkMonk (talk) 09:12, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Why
Copied from User talk:Joshua Jonathan To answer the question you asked here. I would mention that the lead was written after long discussion per here by multiple experienced editors and probably you were there too. I was only restoring this edit. The lead was unilaterally modified recently on here with a dubious edit summary. This is why I restored established lead version.

Can you restore my edit? Riddhidev BISWAS (talk) 22:20, 22 December 2020 (UTC) End of copied part


 * Well, you also reverted corrections to the lead, with your wholesale revert. The discussion from november 2015 was about Mallory; what you reinserted was the following about de Gobineau's ideas:
 * That's quite a long piece for the lead, almost as long as the info in the body of the article. With other words, WP:UNDUE. But the lead seems to miss, indeed, info on the modern usage, including the racist fallacies. And the article itself is messy. Joshua Jonathan  - Let's talk!  10:19, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I've re-ordered the info, in line with the clean-up tags and the inline-comments; I'll leave it to more knowledgebale editors to remove the doublures. Joshua Jonathan  - Let's talk!  10:45, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Huge improvements to the article, Joshua Jonathan. Thanks for your work. Generalrelative (talk) 16:59, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks; glad you appreciate it. Joshua Jonathan  - Let's talk!  17:01, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Huge improvements to the article, Joshua Jonathan. Thanks for your work. Generalrelative (talk) 16:59, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks; glad you appreciate it. Joshua Jonathan  - Let's talk!  17:01, 23 December 2020 (UTC)