Aryans Transform India
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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The Aryans were establishing themselves in Anatolia while who was also there?
A: The Hittites
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Where are the two possible Aryan homelands?
A: Between the Caspian and Aral seas, or the Indus River Valley of India.
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Do we know for sure which one was the true homeland?
A: No, nobody has been able to find evidence for either one.
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Did they leave any archeological evidence for us to find?
A: There was no archeological evidence that was found.
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What was their sacred literature called?
A: Vedas
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What was contained within that?
A: It contained a picture of Aryan life, four collections of prayers, magical spells, and instructions for performing rituals.
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What is the Rig Veda?
A: It was the most important of the collections, which contained 1,028 hymns to the Aryan gods.
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How were the Vedas originally passed down?
A: They were passed down orally to the next generation because there was no written form of it.
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What changed in the way the Vedas were passed down?
A: The Vedas were written down so they could be read by future generations.
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