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What came after Harappan?
Indus Valley Civilisation
| Geographical range | Basins of the Indus River, Pakistan and the seasonal Ghaggar-Hakra river, northwest India and eastern Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Type site | Harappa |
| Major sites | Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira, and Rakhigarhi |
| Preceded by | Mehrgarh |
| Followed by | Painted Grey Ware culture Cemetery H culture |
Are Harappans Aryans?
That the Aryans and the Harappans were one people, both ‘fully indigenous’. They claimed that the proto-Indo-European language family, of which Sanskrit is a part, was created by these indigenous folks and taken to the west—the Out of India Theory (OIT).
Who came after the Aryans?
The Indo-Aryans split off around 2000–1600 BCE from the Iranians, after which Indo-Aryan groups are thought to have moved to the Levant (Mitanni), the northern Indian subcontinent (Vedic people, c. 1500 BCE), and China (Wusun). Thereafter the Iranians migrated into Iran.
When did Aryans arrive in India?
The Arya were central Asian Steppe pastoralists who arrived in India between roughly 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE, and brought Indo-European languages to the subcontinent.
Who were the Aryans in the Indus Valley?
One theory suggested that a nomadic, Indo-European tribe, called the Aryans, invaded and conquered the Indus Valley Civilization. Many scholars now believe the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization was caused by climate change.
Is Ashoka an Aryan?
Ashokan Prakrit (or Aśokan Prākṛta) is the Middle Indo-Aryan dialect continuum used in the Edicts of Ashoka, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire who reigned 268 BCE to 232 BCE….
| Ashokan Prakrit | |
|---|---|
| Region | South Asia |
| Era | 268—232 BCE |
| Language family | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Ashokan Prakrit |
How was the Aryan civilization different from the Harappan?
Q: How was the Aryan civilization different from the Harappan? A: The Aryans were more warlike, didn’t farm at first, didn’t build cities, and didn’t have a single ruling authority. Q: Why are the Vedas so important to historians?
What did the Aryans and Harappans do in India?
Once villages were established, the Aryans farmed the lands of the fertile Indus River Valley, and raised cows, horses, sheep, and goats. The Harappans are most noted for first settling the lands of Ancient India along the Indus River Valley.
What caused the decline of the Harappan civilization?
This may have been due to natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes, or perhaps from distant attackers. The Aryans took over the Indus River Valley after the collapse of the Harappan civilization; yet, it is unknown where the Aryans originally came from.
Was there no Aryan migration at all?
A host of Hindu nationalists and ‘motivated scholars’ (almost entirely brown or white Hindu men) began championing an alternative view of the Aryan migration, arguing that there was no Aryan migration at all! That the Aryans and the Harappans were one people, both ‘fully indigenous’.
Was the Harappan civilization the last glow of the Vedic age?
On the other hand we now know that the Vedic civilization far from coming into existence after the Harappan, in fact ended with it; the mature Harappan civilization was the last glow of the Vedic age.