WORLD RELIGIONS

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: -Two main cultures blended together to create the beginnings of Hinduism: the Aryans of the north and Northwest regions of India and the Dravidians, who are thought to be of central Asian origin, of south India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Vedic religion was the product of “a composite of the Indo-Aryan and Harappan cultures and civilizations".

Detailed explanation-4: -Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hinduism evolved as a synthesis of cultures and traditions, including the Indo-Aryan Vedic religion.