Question

One word answer:

a. What is our chief source of information about the early Indo-Aryans?...................

b. When did the Aryans arrive in India?

c. Which region in India was the first settlement of the Indo-Aryans

d. Which metals were used by Indo-Aryans?..

e. Which type of people the Aryans were?.........​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Rig Veda, 2 . 1500 Bce

Answer 2

Explanation:

a)Our chief source of information about the DD early Aryans is based mainly on the Rig Veda

b) Aryans, stream into India sometime around 2,000 BC – 1,500 BC when the Indus Valley civilisation came to an end, bringing with them Sanskrit and a distinctive

c) People speaking Indo Aryan language came through North-western Mountains and got settled in the North West in Punjab and later in Gangatic plains called as Aryans or Indo Aryans. They spoke Indo Iranian, Indo European or Sanskrit.

d) Metals used were copper, iron and bronze. Few people worked as goldsmith, potters, spinners and carpenters.

e) The word Aryan was therefore adopted to refer not only to the Indo-Iranian peoples, but also to native Indo-European speakers as a whole, including the Romans, Greeks, and the Germanic peoples. It was soon recognised that Balts, Celts, and Slavs also belonged to the same group.