Thiyya is a caste under Hinduism in the South Indian state of Kerala. Now there is a new study which explains where they came from.
The predominant Thiyya community of Malabar migrated to Kerala in 7000 BC from Kyrgyzstan in the erstwhile Soviet Union, says a fresh study revealing their disputed origins. While the people on the coast of the Black Sea were migrating to different parts of the world in BC 7000, a section who had settled in the foothills of Tian Mountains came to India.
“Thiyyas of Malabar are the descendants of this group of Kyrgyz,” asserts T. Damu in his latest Malayalam book `Lanka Parvam’. He says that the name Thiyya was derived from the name of the mountains, Tian, on the southern side of Kyrgyzstan. The Saikon community of Punjab and Saikover community of Rajasthan also have the same origin. [ Thiyyas migrated from Kyrgyzstan, says study]
So before the Indus Valley Civilization, and before all possible dates for Mahabharata, a bunch of people moved from Kyrgyzstan to Kerala. I have to read this book.
That should make Aeroflot the oldest airline 🙂
Thanks for the gmail invite. I thought this may be interest to you. May be you have come across this: It debunks the aryan myth from a genetic perspective.
http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/002712.html?entry=2712
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