In these pages, the reader will find various items that refer to the established theory and widely held belief that Indian civilization as we know it has been formed by the confluence of two often clashing cultures. First, the one of the sub-continent's indiginous peoples and their customs, ranging from tribal Assamese and Dravidian worshippers of the goddess to the highly advanced civilization along the rivers Indus and Sarasvati. Along came, so the theory, an iron-based people from the North-West, people with patriarchal concepts who invaded and began to dominate Indian life and, for example, creating the caste system that made indiginous people second and third rate citizens.
However, in recent years this AIT has been challenged on several grounds, both through new linguistical and archeaological insights; and mainly by Indian scholars and scientists.
As this discussion is far from resolved, and especially because even Indian scholars are still divided into two camps on these issues, it is as yet impossible to replace the current theory with a seamless new one. We'll have to await further developments before history can be rewritten - if indeed it needs to be.