Question

2. How were arya people different from the Indus Valley people?
3. What was the main occupation of the Aryans?
4. Why did the Aryans look down upon the Dasas?
5. How do we know about the life of the Aryans?
7. Why did Alexander of Macedon come to India?
8. Who did he fight and defeat in battle?

Answer 1

Answer:

Indigenous Aryans, also known as the Out of India theory (OIT), is the idea that the Aryans are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent,[1] and that the Indo-European languages radiated out from a homeland in India into their present locations.[1] Reflecting traditional Indian views[2] based on the Puranic chronology, the indigenist view proposes an older date than is generally accepted for the Vedic period, and argues that the Indus Valley Civilization was a Vedic civilization. In this view, "the Indian civilization must be viewed as an unbroken tradition that goes back to the earliest period of the Sindhu-Sarasvati (or Indus) tradition (7000 or 8000 BCE)."[3] It is presented as an alternative to the established migration model,[4] which proposes the Pontic steppe as the area of origin of the Indo-European languages.[5][6][7]

The proposal is based on traditional and religious views on Indian history and identity, and plays a significant role in Hindutva politics.[8][9][2][web 1][web 2] Support for this idea mostly exists among Indian scholars of Hindu religion and the history and archaeology of India,[10][11][12][4] and has no support in mainstream scholarship