HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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they were organized as tribal chiefdoms of pastoral nomads
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they entered India as an organized military force bent on conquest and plunder
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they prized horses and cattle and used four-wheeled carts in battle
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they were a violent people who worshipped a powerful storm god as their chief deity
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the centuries after 2000 BCE came the second set of immigrants (the Aryans) from the Eurasian Steppe, probably from the region now known as Kazakhstan.
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: -Birth of Hinduism. Scholars argue Hinduism did not exist before the arrival of Aryans in India. Indo-Aryan languages (Branches of Sanskrit) The Aryans spoke Sanskrit. Caste system. Influence on later faith systems. Wars and Conflict. 10-Jul-2021