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Early Civilizations: Aryans Theory Vocab
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- 1AryansThey lived between the Caspian and Aral. Indo European people who, began to migrate into the Indian subcontinent around 1500 B.C.
- 2VedasFour collections of sacred writings produced by the Aryans during an early stage of their settlement in India.
- 3CasteOne of the four classes of people in social system of the Aryans who settled in India: Priests, warriors, peasants/traders, and non-Aryan laborers or craftsmen.
- 4BrahminIn Aryan society, a member of the social classes made up of priests.
- 5Rig VedaThe most important of the collections, and it contains 1,028 gyms to Aryan gods.
- 6SanskritLanguage spoken by the Aryans (Early form in India)
