WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -In Sanskrit, an ancient Indo-European language, the word Aryan refers to “the noble ones.” The Aryans migrated from their ancestral home near the Caucusus mountains, north of the Black Sea in Central Asia (near modern day Russia). They entered the Indus Valley through the fabled Khyber Pass.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Aryans then split into two groups sometime between 1800 BCE to 1600 BCE in Bactria. One group migrated in a south-eastward direction over the Hindu Kush mountains and into the Indus Valley via the Khyber Pass, while the other migrated a southwestern direction and settled on the Iranian plateau.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -From the BMAC, the Indo-Aryans migrated into northern Syria and, possibly in multiple waves, into the Punjab (northern Pakistan and India), while the Iranians could have reached western Iran before 1300 BCE, both bringing with them the Indo-Iranian languages.