WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -As the earliest Indus Valley cities were fading around 1500 B.C., a group of people known as the Vedic Aryans were arriving. They crossed into India through the Hindu Kush Mountains. Their migration took place over hundreds of years.

Detailed explanation-2: -By 1500 BCE, the Aryans, who probably came from central Asia, were already crossing the Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains and settling in the Indus Valley.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indo-Aryan Migration (1800-1500 BCE) These Indo-Aryans were a branch of the Indo-Iranians, who originated in present-day northern Afghanistan. By 1500 BCE, the Indo-Aryans had created small herding and agricultural communities across northern India.

Detailed explanation-4: -They were inhabited by Dravidians, indigenous Indians. However, around four thousand years ago, the Indus Valley Civilization was in decline, and a new people, the Aryans, moved in. Historians debate over whether this migration took place as a violent conquest or a slow transition.