RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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The original tribes of southern India.
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A nomadic people who moved into India.
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The highest caste in Indian society.
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A group of scribes who recorded Indian teachings.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is believed that the Aryans were descendants of a nomadic group of people who lived in Central Asia, around the Caspian Sea. From these regions, the Aryans migrated to various parts of the world. A number of these Aryan groups migrated to India, who came to be known as the Indo-Aryans .
Detailed explanation-2: -Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of Indo-European peoples speaking Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent. Historically, Aryans were the Indo-Iranian speaking pastoralists who migrated from Central Asia into South Asia and introduced the Proto-Indo-Aryan language.
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 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.