WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Aryans were a group of people who spread into northern India, bringing with them India’s caste system of hierarchical classes and the Vedic religion that shaped modern Hinduism.

Detailed explanation-2: -About 1500 B.C., people from central Asia crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains and invaded India. Those people were called Aryans.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Aryans (AIR•ee•uhnz), who spoke an early form of Sanskrit, penetrated the mountain passes of the Hindu Kush and entered India. Notice the similarities of words within the Indo-European family of languages. in the steppes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four broad ranks of the caste system in the Indo-Aryan culture, which included Brahmins (priests and scholars), Kshatriyas (kings, governors and warriors), Vaishyas (cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans, and merchants), and Shudras (laborers and service providers).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Aryans came to India from Central Asia. 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-6: -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.