WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Aryans were a semi-nomadic pastoral people. By 1500 BCE the Aryans migrated into the Indian subcontinent. Coming from central Asia, this large group of nomadic cattle herders crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains and came in contact with the Indus Valley Civilization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lesson Summary. 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-3: -Around 1600 BCE, about 500 years after the ancient Indus River Valley civilization fell, historians believe that nomadic Indo-Aryan people migrated into northern India. These Indo-Aryans were originally hunters and herders from Central Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ancient Aryans were a group of people who were originally from central Asia. Three thousand years ago, these Aryans settled in India, where they established the language of Vedic Sanskrit, founded the Vedic religion, and established a caste system of hierarchical classes.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. A Rakhigarhi resident surveying the excavation site in 2014.