Comments on: Indians Made It to Australia More Than 4,000 Years Before the British

By: freedman

freedman — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:07:09 +0000

Heartbreaking – after thriving for 4000 years, they were driven to the edge and almost obliterated by European “settlers” whose descendants are still in denial of the extent of these crimes. The genocide perpetrated by Australia’s whites on a helpless Aboriginal population should never be forgotten.

By: Diederik Hussein Manderfeld

Diederik Hussein Manderfeld — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:56:53 +0000

Correction: Indians made it to Australia more than 4,000 years before the Dutch. The British first came here in 1770, the Dutch had been here since 1606. Willem Janszoon, Dirk Hartog, Frederick de Houtman, Abel Tasman, Willem de Vlamingh, anyone?

By: Jim Bullanger

Jim Bullanger — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:55:51 +0000

Hearing that early inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent reached Australia 4000 years ago doesn’t surprise me, given that there is a continuous string of land and islands down through Indonesia. From Indonesia it is only a couple of hundred miles to Australia. One must take into consideration that the Torres Strait Islanders (who are of Melanesian stock and live between Queensland and New Guinea) have been culturally influenced by the Australian Aborigines. This points to cultural contact and probably genetic mixing as well. Travel from India within sight of land is not out of the question in relatively primitive boats. Travelling across 5000 miles of sea would require more sophisticated vessels such as those possessed by the
Indonesian peoples who travelled all the way to Madagascar and across the Pacific in Catamarans.

By: Able Lawrence

Able Lawrence — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:12:26 +0000

Our modern idea of Hinduism as a single religion was not there at the time of the deduced links. Idea of India and HIndus as a single group can be traced to Aadi Shankara born in Kerala, South India in the 8th century. While the ideas of Hinduism are much much older, various Hindu sects used to fights and communal violence between Shaivites and Vaishnavites were not uncommon (like we now have between Hindus and Muslims) testifying that lack of a sense of one ness. The export of Hindu culture to far east can be traced to the Chola period (11th/12th century) which is time of peak temple building activity in South India and Far East (Angkor Wat)

By: Arul

Arul — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:05:38 +0000

@ Time Upham

Was Hinduism or related practises being performed as far back as 4000 years ago?

By: Tim Upham

Tim Upham — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:49:15 +0000

The wild dingo does resemble the Asiatic dhole, but the Indian presence in the East Indies is much stronger than that. Architecture, Hinduism — cremating the dead was adopted by tribal people, such as the Dyaks, and shadow puppets. But in Australia, the Indian presence is extremely vague. None of the Aborigines ever adopted ritual submersion, nor Hindu burial practices.

By: thilagavathy

thilagavathy — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:43:29 +0000

Is this right?
http://truthdive.com/2013/01/16/australian-aborigines-genetic-links-with-tamils.html