SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
Question
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Noble ones
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Migrants
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Conquerors
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Leaders
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Detailed explanation-1: -The word Aryan means “noble”, “lord”, or “freeman” in Old Iranian languages and has very little to do with Eurocentric doctrines of Nordic racial supremacy, these being first formulated by 19th century racialist philosophers such as Chamberlain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “Aryan” Race Early in the 1800s some Europeans began to use the word Aryan to describe a race of people that was supposedly better than other races. To these Europeans, “Aryans” meant white people from northern Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ancient Aryans were a group of people who were originally from central Asia. Three thousand years ago, these Aryans settled in India, where they established the language of Vedic Sanskrit, founded the Vedic religion, and established a caste system of hierarchical classes.