CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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Size of cattle
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Amount of Land
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Size of house
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Amount of coins
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cattle were so important that the Aryans even used them as money. Individual wealth was measured by the number of cattle a person owned. Because they herded animals, Aryans were nomads.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did the Aryans measure their wealth? They measured their wealth by the size of their cattle herds.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indo-Aryans in the Early Vedic Period, approximately 1750-1000 BCE, relied heavily on a pastoral, semi-nomadic economy with limited agriculture. They raised sheep, goats, and cattle, which became symbols of wealth.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of Indo-European peoples speaking Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent. Historically, Aryans were the Indo-Iranian speaking pastoralists who migrated from Central Asia into South Asia and introduced the Proto-Indo-Aryan language.