What were the religious beliefs and practices of the early Aryans ?
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Religion was central to Aryan culture. Aryan religious practices merged with the customs of people already living in the valley to form the basis for Hinduism. The Aryans worshiped numerous gods through sacrifice. They practiced many elaborate rituals and were careful to remain ritually pure according to their varna.
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As 1500 BCE approached, the old Indus Valley Civilization was almost gone. It had been declining for quite some time, perhaps because of a flood or a drought or an earthquake. No one really knows what happened, but the time was ripe for a new people to take over the Indus Valley and, in fact, there was a group already poised to do just that. They were called the Aryans.
The Aryans probably came from central Asia. They had been steadily crossing the Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains for many years and settling in the Indus Valley, mixing with the local population. Although they had been nomadic herders and warriors for a long time, they were ready to settle down to farming and they appreciated the relatively steady food and water supply they found in the valley