
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: The deep, forgotten links between India and Iran
The Times Of India Podcast
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A Brief History of Iran and Persia
The word Arya appears in Persia, written by kings who lived 2,500 years ago. And these are people saying that we come from the Aryan race which is surprising because how did Persia become the Aryanrace? We have trading links with Persia for the past 4,500 years. So when we talk about Aryans in India, there is one, the Hindutva lobby over here which talks about the original homeland of the Aryans. If you go to Iran, sees itself as the original place of the Aryan people. The Iranian claim to Aryan word is very, very true.
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