HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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The migration of the Aryans into Northern India
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A change in India’s natural ecosystems
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Increase in trade with Asia
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -As the Indo-Aryans developed an agricultural society during the Later Vedic Period (c. 1000-500), they further developed crafts, such as pottery. Economic exchanges were conducted through gift giving, particularly between kings and priests, and barter using cattle as a unit of currency.
Detailed explanation-3: -The theory of the Aryan invasion (or migration) was first put forward by Western scholars during the colonial age. It maintained that a race of European or Central Asian “Aryans” swept into the subcontinent displacing the indigenous Indus Valley Civilisation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Aq, ‘ans developed a social system that has had a lasting impact on Indian culture. They divided the population into four major categories, or castes. These four castes were further divided into thousands of subcastes. The castes determined a person’s occupation and social class.