INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option (a) : Non-Aryans. People who used to compose hymns described themselves as Aryas. These people described their opponents as Dasyus or Dasas. There were people who probably spoke different languages. There were people who did not perform any sacrifices.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dasas and Dasyus were early Indo-Aryan immigrants who arrived before the Vedic Aryans into the subcontinent. So the correct option is (C) non-Aryans. In the Rigveda, the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to non-Aryans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dasa, in some contexts, is also related to dasyu and asura, which have been translated by some scholars as “demon", “harmful supernatural forces, ‘’ “slave, ‘’ “servant, ‘’ or “barbarian, ‘’ depending on the context in which the word is used.

Detailed explanation-4: -People who composed hymns described themselves as Aryas. They also called their opponents dasas or dasyus.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Aryans possessed horses and weapons made of copper and bronze. With the advantage of these, they conquered the Non-Aryans. The non aryans were subjugated people were known as Dasas or Dasyus. Was this answer helpful?