INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Aryans came to India from
A
South East Asia
B
Eastern Europe
C
Central Asia
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Arya were central Asian Steppe pastoralists who arrived in India between roughly 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE, and brought Indo-European languages to the subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The German scholar, Max-Muller, thought that somewhere near the Caspian Sea was the original home of the Aryans. They moved to European countries from there. It is said that two classes of Aryans came to Persia and India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Aryans came to India from Central Asia. By 1500 BCE the Aryans migrated into the Indian subcontinent. Coming from central Asia, this large group of nomadic cattle herders crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains and came in contact with the Indus Valley Civilization.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indo-Aryan Migration (1800-1500 BCE) Foreigners from the north are believed to have migrated to India and settled in the Indus Valley and Ganges Plain from 1800-1500 BCE. The most prominent of these groups spoke Indo-European languages and were called Aryans, or “noble people” in the Sanskrit language.

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