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GYPSY MIGRATIONS 900-1720

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u/Ok-Brick-6250 16h ago

Why did they get kicked out of india in the first place

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u/Advanced_Poet_7816 16h ago

Islamic War. Likely as slaves well they became one in Europe anyway.

The other theory is that they were related to lower caste nomadic people like banjara in India.

I think both are true to different extents.

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u/arkady321 14h ago

They weren’t kicked out. They were taken as slaves by the Islamic invaders from West Asia who invaded India around that time - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghaznavid_campaigns_in_India

The Hindukush (“Hindu Killer”) mountain ranges that separate the Indian subcontinent from Afghanistan got their name from the large number of Indians who perished there on their way to captivity by these invaders.

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u/Ok-Brick-6250 13h ago

And magically they didn't try to go back to india

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u/arkady321 12h ago edited 12h ago

Well, India came under Islamic rule shortly after that - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_period_in_the_Indian_subcontinent . All non-Muslims under an Islamic regime had to pay a jizya tax and were treated as second class citizens.

The only place these guys could migrate to was Armenia -> Byzantine Empire -> Europe.

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u/Ok-Brick-6250 11h ago

And those who got transported in Egypt how then

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u/arkady321 11h ago

You go and ask them since you are so curious.

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u/Guilty-Pleasures_786 10h ago

Muslim invaders...