Origin of the Proto-Indo-European Tribes
Abstract As per the Out of India hypothesis, the Páñcajánāḥ tribes were the Proto-Indo-European tribes which had spread the Indo-European languages to the Europe and the rest of Asia from the north-western part of India. The predecessors of the Páñcajánāḥa/ Aiḷa tribes and the Ikṣvākus were the Pre-Proto-Indo-Europeans who belonged to the Bhiranna eneolithic of Sarasvati-Drishadvati basin. The Aiḷas (Páñcajánāḥa) and the Ikṣvākus had spread to the rest of North India and beyond from the Sarasvati-Drishdavati basin. This article will focus on the emergence of these Proto-Aryan tribes and their expansion in north India based on literary and Archeological evidences. Some Acronyms :- (i) IE - Indo-European (ii) PIE - Proto-Indo-European (I) Pre-PIE homeland Eastern Ganga-Valley as the homeland for pre-PIE tribes The Puranic legends point out that the Aiḷa tribes and the Ikṣvākus spread from the modern day Ayodhya-Prayagraj region. This is highly unlikely because the this region