[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c30.119 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c30.119 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c30.119 - **Language:** English ### [c30.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.119) Vedic literature says, I believe, nothing about the entrance of the Aryans from the north-west into India. If one starts with that view, arguments for it may no doubt be discovered in the Rigveda; but if one puts aside all preconceived ideas and examines the hymns in the light of historical tradition, nothing will, I think, be found in them really incompatible with traditional history, and a great deal is elucidated thereby. Moreover, tradition explains why the sacred land of the Aryans was the region north of the mid-Himalayas—a fact which the prevalent view does not account for; and the connexion of Persia with India does not prove that the Aryans entered India from that direction, for it may find a quite possible explanation reversely in the outflow of Druhyus as just shown. - [Previous: c30.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.118) - [Next: c30.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.120) - [Up: c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30.119) · Pramāṇa