2:06 What genetics can tell us about ancient and more recent Indian history
12:37 Caste and genetics
22:14 Hindu ethnonationalists and the out of India theory
29:21 How conflicts between different peoples can lead to the development of mythologies
40:56 The Indus Valley civilisation and its conflicts with other groups
45:39 Barbarians and citizens, tribes and states
53:21 The caste system
1:12:55 Skin colour
1:49:24 Telling people apart
1:52:50 Colouring more generally
2:04:27 Growing up straddling two cultures
2:10:29 Political tribalism
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Further References
Al Biruni’s India, edited and translated Edward C. Sachau (1910):
https://archive.org/details/alberunisindia_201612
Episodes on India from the podcast The Insight:
https://insitome.libsyn.com/the-indo-european-enigma and https://insitome.libsyn.com/ani-asi-ivc-and-the-gentics-ofindia
Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (2006)
For my thoughts on the casting of Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, see:
https://areomagazine.com/2018/11/11/a-persian-popinjay-a-review-of-the-film-bohemian-rhapsody/
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