INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The people who migrated from the region of the Caspian sea were called
A
Aryans
B
Dravidians
C
Africans
D
Euro Asians
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is believed that the Aryans were descendants of a nomadic group of people who lived in Central Asia, around the Caspian Sea. From these regions, the Aryans migrated to various parts of the world. A number of these Aryan groups migrated to India, who came to be known as the Indo-Aryans .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Proto-Indo-Iranian culture, which gave rise to the Indo-Aryans and Iranians, developed on the Central Asian steppes north of the Caspian Sea as the Sintashta culture (2050–1800 BCE) in present-day Russia and Kazakhstan, and developed further as the Andronovo culture (2000–1450 BCE).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Indo-Aryan Migration (1800-1500 BCE) These Indo-Aryans were a branch of the Indo-Iranians, who originated in present-day northern Afghanistan. By 1500 BCE, the Indo-Aryans had created small herding and agricultural communities across northern India.

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