Note that in the 16th century BC we can already see Indic (not Indo-Iranian, but specifically Indic) speakers ruling territory in Syria: https://en.wikipedia.o

Note that in the 16th century BC we can already see Indic (not Indo-Iranian, but specifically Indic) speakers ruling territory in Syria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitanni https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitanni