Some have absorbed old European and American theories of an ancient, noble, pure-blooded Aryan race, and claim that these Aryans did indeed originate in India, living in the sophisticated cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation towards north-western India thousands of years ago. As the Nazis saw themselves, they see modern-day Hindus, particularly light-skinned, higher caste Hindus living mainly in northern India, as direct descendants of the Aryans.
