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aryans -has no place in Indian history
its scholars wrongly judged and predicted and molesting The Indian History with intruding Aryans and sanskrit.Its a mischief and a hidden history was there.It was revealed by some scholars ,I compiled that in this Part -1, my arguments and my results will continue in following Parts