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Aryan: Encyclopedia - Aryan
Aryan is an English word derived from the Indo-Aryan Vedic Sanskrit and Iranian Avestan terms ari-, arya-, ārya-, and/or the extended fo...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Proto-indo-european
Max Müller and other 19th century linguists (see also Indo-European studies) theorised that the term *arya was used as the self-descript...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Etymology And History Of The Term
Indo-Iranian arya- descends from PIE *ar-yo-, a yo-adjective to a root *ar "to assemble skillfully", present in Greek harma "chariot", La...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Indo-iranian
Main article: Indo-Iranians.
The most probable date for Proto-Indo-Iranian unity is roughly around 2500 BC. In this sense of the word Ary...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Racist Connotations
The Aryan race was a term used in the nineteenth century by European racial theorists who believed strongly in the division of humanity i...
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