Arrival of Aryans in India - General Knowledge of Ancient History: Main topic, Early Homes and Identity, Sequence Of Events, Rig Veda, Rivers in the Vedic Period.
Arrival of Aryans in India
Sequence Of Events
The era between 1500 B.C and 600 B.C was divided into the early Vedic era (Rig Vedic era) and the later Vedic era. Early Vedic Period: 1500 B.C. – 1000 B.C, this was the era when Aryans could invade India.
Early Homes and Identity (Vedic Age: 1000 B.C. – 600 B.C.)
- Aryans were shepherds, that is, they did not do agriculture.
- They had reared many animals but horses were the most important among them.
- The Aryans made their journey from West Asia to India in 200 B.C. Started after.
- The first stop of the Aryans during their journey to India was Iran.
General Knowledge of Ancient History
- This is the oldest book in Indo European language.
- It is a compendium of prayers, divided into ten books or mandalas.
- It contains a collection of prayers dedicated to various deities such as Agni, Varuna, Indra, Mitra, etc.
- The Rig Veda divides its context into the Avesta, the oldest book of the Iranians, with different names of gods and certain social classes.
Rivers in the Vedic Period
- Earlier, Aryans lived in parts of Eastern Afghanistan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
- Some rivers like Kumbh, Saraswati, Sindhu, and Isis are mentioned in the Rig Veda.
- Sapta Sindhu or group of seven main rivers are mentioned in Rigveda of India.
- Those seven rivers were probably between: (1) Saraswati in the east, (2) Indus in the west, (3) Satudru (Sutlej), (4) Vipasa (Beas), (5) Asikni (Chenab), (6) Parushni (Ravi), (7) Vitasta (Jhelum).
Fight With Dasyus
- The first squad of Aryan invaded India in about 1500 B.C.
- They had to fight with the natives of India like Dasas and Dasyus.
- Although dasas were never instigated to attack by the Aryans, dasyu murder is mentioned repeatedly in the Rig Veda.
- Indra has also been mentioned in the Rig Veda by the name of Purandra, who has also been called the breaker of forts.
- Pre-Aryan forts have also been mentioned because of the Harappan culture.
- The Aryans were able to conquer the natives also because they had better weapons, weapons, and chariots with horses.
- The Aryans were engaged in two types of struggles, one with the indigenous people and among themselves.
- Aryans were divided into five tribal castes called Panchajan and also received help from non-Aryans.
- The rulers of the Aryan gotra were Bharat and Tritsu, who were helped by Vasishtha Purohit.
- The country Bharatavarsha was named after King Bharata.
Dasarajan War
- India was ruled by the king of Bharat gotra and he also had to face the opposition of ten kings, five Aryan and five non-Aryan.
- The war between them was known as the war of ten kings or Dasarajan war.
- The battle fought on Parushni or Ravi river was won by Sood.
- Later on, Bharat joined with Puru, due to which a new gotra named Kuru was formed.
- In the later Vedic age, the Kurus and the Panchalas played an important role in the politics of the upper Gangetic plateau, where they ruled together.
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