WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Circa 1500 BC, when the Aryans invaded the Indus Valley, iron was introduced. This allowed them to make ____ for farming.
A
mud bricks
B
iron plows
C
iron pillars
D
iron wells
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As the earliest Indus Valley cities were fading around 1500 B.C., a group of people known as the Vedic Aryans were arriving. They crossed into India through the Hindu Kush Mountains. Their migration took place over hundreds of years.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Caste System The Aryans developed a hierarchical society that sorted people into social groups called varnas or castes.

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