Though, at the same time, some of the overly racialised interpretations of the 19th-century have been shown to be rather off track. There was a picture painted

Though, at the same time, some of the overly racialised interpretations of the 19th-century have been shown to be rather off track. There was a picture painted of pale-skinned Sanskrit speakers sweeping into India on chariots and dominating and slaughtering dark-skinned Dravidians (and others). That does not seem well supported. The Indo-Aryan speakers certainly were warlike, but the battles narrated in the Rgveda involved Indo-Aryans on both sides, allied with non-Indo-Aryan speakers on both sides; as well as people with overtly non-Indo-Aryan names sponsoring rituals in the Rgveda. (None of this goes against your primary point. And certainly we know of plenty of militaristic invasions of India in more recent times, including the Mughals.)