Read the following webpages----
Hercules and Krishna----( see the link) (Copy and paste in the browser)
Mahabharata and Trojan war-----( see the link) (Copy and paste in the browser)
Ramayana and Greek Mythology----( see the link) (Copy and paste in the browser)
The details in the above said web-pages argues that ---all important literary works of India are out of Greek influence---considering that all the epics had come from Greece---Why should we consider that Rig Veda alone had come from Central Asia? Let us assume that Rig-Veda also had come from Greece--till the contrary theory is proved.
It is really very difficult to say that ---Rig Veda is the work of some --nomads from central Asia----the logical explanation could be that ---it was the work of Greek priests---- maintained and preserved for long time---and had come into India along with --Alexander the Macedon--
Explanations of Vassiliki on Indian Priest names:
Vassiliki States that the Greek priests moved to Indus valley in prehistoric times (Before Rig Veda). Their names are found in Vedic texts and in ancient Greek Mythology. As Euripides says, by the pre-historic times the devotees Dionysus's used to travel to India since it was a pilgrimage for them. The priesthood genes got developed into various tribes. So there are the Bhrigu (Bhryges), the Avanti (Avantes), the Kurus (Kuris), the Panchas(Panchaioi) the Koshas (Koes), the Sindhu (Sindu). They originate from different parts of Greece.
The Kurus and the Panchas originate from Crete and might be the oldest ones. The Avanti from Evoia. A part of them joined with A part of Kuris and created the priesthood Korivantes, who ruled Asia Minor. Bhriges, Koshas and Sindu were from Thrace, an area that covered this time all North Greece. A part of Bhriges moved to Anatolia and a part of Sindu to south cost of black sea. Bhrigu in ancient Greek means "to burn" and it is referred to the sacrificial ritual. Sindu in Thracian dialect means river. So is it possible the oldest name of Indus river deriving from them? Even nowadays in North Greece there is the municipality of Sindos. Most of the western researchers either don't understand or they don't want to accept the common roots of those cultures. But as I heard in Harvard they teach that the Sanskrit Soma has common etymological root with Greek saima that means originally the holly blood of the sacrificed God. Saimon was a holy mountain of Dionysus in Thrace, meaning blood.
Dear Vassiliki,
Your analysis is good, reasonable and possible. But, the biased historians will never accept. There is a category of historians called as nationalistic historians, their job is to some how suppress the truth and perpetuate a biased history, which supports the local origin of civilization in India or any other country. They will never accept your theory. None of the nationalistic governments also will accept your theory.
wish you all the best.
Bye,
---Ramasami Jeyakumar
Explanations on Indra by Vassiliki:
There is another possibility. In Rig Veda 7,18,16, it is written that half of humanity ignores Indra, that means that half of humanity the time of Rig Veda was worshiping Indra. Indra means the "Archetypal man", existing in Ancient Greek as Andra or Andreus with the same meaning. It was epithet of Dionysus and of Dias. Andrineia was a Dionysus's festival. Some ancient Greek text (been in Batican) says that there were eight Dionysi in ancient times. One of them was the God (non incarnated) and the others were sages. In between them there was an Indian one, who was supposed to be the oldest. In this case, we can make the hypothesis that this cult was given as a revelation to many parts of the earth, carrying a common theological language. But even if the Indian Dionysus originates from Greece, obviously he selected Indus valley as his pilgrimage because it had already a spiritual background.
Vassiliki
Explanation on Soma
Soma means blood and it was the red sweet wine, they were drinking in his sacraments. A traditional kind of wine in Eastern islands of Greece is called Souma and derives from the ancient sacraments. In prehistoric Greek blood is called saima. In ancient Sanskrit Soma is existing also as sauma and souma. It symbolizes the blood of the sacrificed Dionysus or Purusha (Grk: Proseios= rising sun).