l.a. waddells aryan theory the strong view of the theory of the aryans as a distinct racial group who became civilizers in india has nowhere been presented with as much force of originality and scholarship as by l.a. waddell , the author of the makers of civilization in race and history , indo-sumerian seals deciphered , the british edda , egyptian civilization : its sumerian origin and real chronology , and other formidable works .