Indo-Aryan migration refers to the migration and expansion of the Indo-Aryans during the 2nd millennium BC or earlier. Archaeological and philological data indicates that there was a shift of settlements from the northwestern part of South Asia to the Gangetic valley and to the south during the second millennium BCE, but does not clearly support a migration of Indo-Aryan people into South Asia. Based on linguistic data, many scholars have argued that Indo-Aryan speakers invaded in South Asia in the second millennium BCE. This correspo ...

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Indo-Aryan migration - Overview Indo-Aryan migration - History Indo-Aryan migration - Linguistics Indo-Aryan migration - Philology
Indo-Aryan migration - Rig Veda Indo-Aryan migration - Vedic and Puranic King lists Indo-Aryan migration - Puranas Indo-Aryan migration - Avesta and Airyanem Vaejah
Indo-Aryan migration - Archaeology
Indo-Aryan migration - Indus Valley Civilization Indo-Aryan migration - Vasishta head Indo-Aryan migration - Pottery Indo-Aryan migration - West Asia
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Indo-Aryan migration - Rig Veda. The Rigveda is by far the most archaic testimony of Vedic Sanskrit. It describes a pastoral or nomadic, mobile culture, still centered on the Indo-Iranian Soma cult and fire worship. The purely nomadic and/or pastoral character of the Rig Vedic people is however disputed. The mobile nature of the Vedic religion is illustrated by the laying out of the ritual precinct as part of the ritual, rather than the existence of fixed temples. This holds for the invitation of Indra to the Som ...

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Indo-Aryan migration, Indo-Aryan migration - Overview, Indo-Aryan migration - History, Indo-Aryan migration - Linguistics, Indo-Aryan migration - Philology, Indo-Aryan migration - Rig Veda, Indo-Aryan migration - Vedic and Puranic King lists, Indo-Aryan migration - Puranas, Indo-Aryan migration - Avesta and Airyanem Vaejah, Indo-Aryan migration - Archaeology, Indo-Aryan migration - Indus Valley Civilization, Indo-Aryan migration - Vasishta head, Indo-Aryan migration - Pottery, Indo-Aryan migration - West Asia, Indo-Aryan migration - Astronomical data, Indo-Aryan migration - Physical Anthropology, Indo-Aryan migration - Genetics and Archaeogenetics

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Indo-Aryan refers to Indo-Aryan languages Indo-Aryans, the various peoples speaking these languages See also: Indo-Iranian, Aryan, Arya. Other related archivesArya, Aryan, Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryans, Indo-Iranian

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Aryan is an English word derived from the Indo-Aryan Vedic Sanskrit and Iranian Avestan terms ari-, arya-, ārya-, and/or the extended form aryāna-. The Old Persian ariya- is a cognate as well. Beyond its use as the ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians, the meaning "noble" has been attached to it in Sanskrit. During the 19th century, following Max Müller's 'Aryan invasion theory', the term gained an added meaning, being used in the West to refer to what are now called the 'Prot ...

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Aryan - Etymology and History of the Term Aryan - Proto-Indo-European Aryan - Indo-Iranian
Aryan - Indo-Aryan Aryan - Iranian
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Aryan invasion theory, often abbreviated to AIT, is a term used to refer to the theory developed by 19th Century European linguists to explain the similarity between Sanskrit and European languages, supposing the invasion or migration of peoples who originated outside of India. The term is now most used by Indian opponents of the theory, or to label obsolete forms of the theory. The term "Aryan" derives from the word arya, used in the Vedas in a sense of "nobility", and as an ethnic term in Iran. The phrase "Aryan ...

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See Avesta Municipality for the Swedish town The Avesta is a collection of the sacred texts of ancient Persia belonging to the Zoroastrian religion. They are preserved in two languages: the more ancient, in the Avestan language, the oldest attested Iranian language still very closely related to Sanskrit; the younger texts in Pahlavi, a Middle Iranian language. When translated into Pahlavi, the Avestan language was largely forgotten, and literal translations of some places (word-by-word translation of a sacr ...

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The term Aryan race refers to a model of racial identity that was prevelant in Europe from around the 1880s through to 1945, most notably in Nazi Germany. It has become associated with the theory that north European Nordic peoples constitute a master race. The word "Aryan" derives from cultures of Iran and India. It was originally used in various Indo-Iranian languages. Possibly it originally referred to clan-identity, but it certainly later had a meaning roughly similar to "noble" or "honorable". It was sometimes used by the speakers of these languages to refer ...

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Aryan race - Origin of the concept Aryan race - The culture of the Aryans Aryan race - Imperialist nationalistic and Nazi uses of the term
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Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate is a book by Koenraad Elst. The book discusses various aspects of the Indo-Aryan migration debate. It was published in 1999 by Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi (ISBN 8186471774). In the preface to the book, K. Elst writes that "it hurts to release a book in mid-debate, knowing that much of it will be dated by the time a new consensus will have evolved", since "every hypothesis whi ...

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Avesta Municipality is a Municipality in Dalarna, in central Sweden. Its seat is in Avesta with a population of 15,000. The name is first found in 1303 as "Aghastadhum". Aghe (pronounced "ave") is of similar origin as the word å, meaning stream, in this case the Avestadfors, a tributary of the Dalecarlia River. Stadhum is of similar origin as stead, or farm. Avesta Municipality - History. In the Scandinavian middle ages there was a blast furnace ...

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Human migration denotes any movement by humans from one locality to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known to have extensively migrated throughout history. This can be compared with the periodic migratory behaviour of groups of animals such as some birds and fishes (see migration). This article concentrates on the historical human migrations. Migration and population isolation is one of the four evolutionary forces (along with natural selection, genetic drift, and mutation). The study of the distribution of and change in allele (gene variations) frequencies under suc ...

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Human migration - Overview of historical migrations Human migration - Earliest migrations Human migration - Spread of Agriculture Human migration - Indo-European migrations Human migration - The Great Migrations Human migration - Other Old World migrations Human migration - Polynesian migration Human migration - Migrations to the New World Human migration - World War II and post-World War II Migrations Human migration - Migrations and climate cycles Human migration - Literature

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The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 CE. They were the successors in India of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek kings (the Euthydemids) founded by the military governor Diodotus around 250 BCE when he established the independence of his Bactrian territory from the Seleucid Empire. During the two centuries of their rule, the Indo-Greek kings combined the Greek and Indian languages and sym ...

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Indo-Greek Kingdom - The conversion of Menander Indo-Greek Kingdom - Buddhist proselytism Indo-Greek Kingdom - Buddhist symbolism Indo-Greek Kingdom - Representation of the Buddha Indo-Greek Kingdom - Incipient Greco-Buddhist art
Indo-Greek Kingdom - The Indo-Greeks and other faiths
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Hinduism Indo-Greek Kingdom - Zoroastrianism
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Indo-Greeks in the art of Gandhara Indo-Greek Kingdom - Scythian and Kushan invasions Indo-Greek Kingdom - Aftermaths
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Art and religion Indo-Greek Kingdom - Astronomy Indo-Greek Kingdom - Military role Indo-Greek Kingdom - Linguistic legacy Indo-Greek Kingdom - Influence of Indo-Greek coinage Indo-Greek Kingdom - Genetic contribution Indo-Greek Kingdom - Greco-Roman exchanges with India
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Main Indo-Greek kings timeline and territories
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Eastern territories Indo-Greek Kingdom - Western territories Indo-Greek Kingdom - Indo-Greek princelets Gandhara
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Notes

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This article is about non-human migration. For information on humans see Human migration Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. In most cases organisms migrate to avoid local shortages of food, usually caused by winter. Animals may also migrate to a certain location to breed, as is the case with some fish. The species that periodically migrate are called migratory, those that do not ...

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Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the temperate zones of the southern hemisphere. There is a strong genetic component to migration in terms of timing and route, but this may be modified by environmental influences. An interesting example where a change of migration route has occurred because of such a geographical barrier is the trend for some Blackcaps in central E ...

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The Egyptian town of Zawiyet el-Aryan is located between between Giza and Abusir. To the west of the town, just in the desert area, is a necropolis, referred to by the same name. Here there are 2 pyramid complexes. Unusually there are just these 2 complexes, and little else. The pyramid complexes are the Layer Pyramid, and another ruined structure, called the Northern Pyramid. This second complex has not been extensively explored or excavated. Other related archivesAbusir, Egypt

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Indo-Aryans - Historic. Mitanni Vedic Aryans Kurus Licchavis Gandharis (During the Mahabharata period the present Kandahar province of Afghanistan used to be called as Gandhar) Shakya Magadhis Kambojas (Originally Iranian, later Indianized) Andhras? Angas Kasis Kalingas? Indo-Aryans - Present-day Indo-Aryans. Gujaratis Jats Punjabis Ra ...

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Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - pre-Vedic Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Vedic Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Ancient India, Indo-Aryans - Contemporary Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - South Asia, Indo-Aryans - Roma and Sinti, Indo-Aryans - Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryans - Historic, Indo-Aryans - Present-day Indo-Aryans

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Contemporary speakers of Indo-Aryan languages are spread over most of the northern Indian Subcontinent. The largest group are the speakers of the Hindi and Urdu dialects of the Republic of India and Pakistan, together with other dialects also grouped as Hindustani, numbering at roughly half a billion native speakers, constituting the largest community of speakers of any Indo-European language. Other Indo-Aryan communities are in Nepal, Bangladesh, the disputed territories of Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan. Of the 23 national languages of ...

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Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - pre-Vedic Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Vedic Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Ancient India, Indo-Aryans - Contemporary Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - South Asia, Indo-Aryans - Roma and Sinti, Indo-Aryans - Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryans - Historic, Indo-Aryans - Present-day Indo-Aryans

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The separation of Indo-Aryans proper from Proto-Indo-Iranians is commonly dated, on linguistic grounds, to roughly 1800 BC. The Nuristani languages probably split in such early times, and are either classified as remote Indo-Aryan dialects, or as an independent branch of Indo-Iranian. It is believed that by 1500 BC, Indo-Aryans had reached Assyria in the west and the Punjab in the east. The spread of Indo-Aryan languages has been connected with the spread of the chariot in the first half of the second millennium BC. Some scholars trac ...

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Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - pre-Vedic Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Vedic Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Ancient India, Indo-Aryans - Contemporary Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - South Asia, Indo-Aryans - Roma and Sinti, Indo-Aryans - Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryans - Historic, Indo-Aryans - Present-day Indo-Aryans

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The Vedic Kuru and Panchala kingdoms in the first millennium became the core of the Mahajanapadas, archaeologically corresponding to the Northern Black Polished Ware, and the rise of the Mauryan Empire, and later the medieval Middle kingdoms of India. See also: History of India, History of Pakistan. ...

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Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - pre-Vedic Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Vedic Aryans, Indo-Aryans - Ancient India, Indo-Aryans - Contemporary Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryans - South Asia, Indo-Aryans - Roma and Sinti, Indo-Aryans - Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryans - Historic, Indo-Aryans - Present-day Indo-Aryans

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Main article: Indo-Iranians. The most probable date for Proto-Indo-Iranian unity is roughly around 2500 BC. In this sense of the word Aryan, the Aryans were an ancient culture preceding both the Vedic and Iranian cultures. Candidates for an archaeological identification of this culture are the Andronovo and/or Srubnaya Archaeological Complexes. Aryan - Indo-Aryan. See also Arya, Indo-Aryans, Indo-Aryan ...

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Aryan, Aryan - Etymology and History of the Term, Aryan - Proto-Indo-European, Aryan - Indo-Iranian, Aryan - Indo-Aryan, Aryan - Iranian, Aryan - Racist connotations

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