WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After being nomads, what economic activity did the Aryans begin to do?
A
Shipbuilding
B
Fighting in wars
C
farming
D
killing cows for food
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1000-500 BCE) After the 12th century BCE, Vedic society transitioned from semi-nomadic to settled agriculture. From approximately 1000-500 BCE, the development of iron axes and ploughs enabled the Indo Aryans to settle the thick forests on the western Ganges Plain.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Semi-nomadic pastoralists. Aryans were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language. They are also thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indo-European Aryans migrated from Central Asia to India around 4000 years ago, transforming the weapons, religion, and language of the subcontinent. Some scholars believe they conquered an already weakened Indus Valley Civilization, using superior military technology such as the war chariot.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aryans contributed their caste system, their literature in the form of the Vedas, and their religious beliefs concerning the origins of humanity and their gods to India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Aryans brought with them their own language, religious beliefs, and social system. They spoke an Indo-European language known as Sanskrit. English, German, Persian, Spanish, and French are some of the languages that are based on the Indo-European language. Like other ancient people, the Aryans were po.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Aryans, they argue, originated from India and then spread across large parts of Asia and Europe, helping set up the family of Indo-European languages that Europeans and Indians still speak today.

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