Āryāvarta

	Āryāvarta Āryāvarta (Sanskrit: आर्यावर्त, ,Aryavarta Monier Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary (1899) ) is a term for the northern Indian subcontinent in the ancient Hindu texts such as ''Dharmashastras'' and ''Sutras'', referring to the areas of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
picture info	List Of Ancient Indo-Aryan Peoples And Tribes This is a list of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes that are mentioned in the literature of Indian religions. From the second or first millennium BCE, Indo-Aryan migrations, ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes turned into most of the population in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent – Indus Valley (roughly today's Pakistani Punjab and Sindh), Western India, Northern India, Central India, Eastern India and also in areas of the southern part like Sri Lanka and the Maldives through and after a complex process of migration, assimilation of other peoples and language shift. Ancestors Proto-Indo-Iranians (common ancestors of the Iranian peoples, Iranian, Nuristani people, Nuristani and Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan peoples) (Proto-Indo-Iranian language, Proto-Indo-Iranian speakers) Proto-Indo-Aryans (Proto-Indo-Aryan language, Proto-Indo-Aryan speakers) Vedic tribes Alina people (RV 7.18.7) * Anu (RV 1.108.8, RV 8.10.5) * Āyu * Bhageratha * Bhalana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
picture info	Aryans ''Aryan'' (), or ''Arya'' (borrowed from Sanskrit ''ārya''),Oxford English Dictionary Online 2024, s.v. ''Aryan'' (adj. & n.); ''Arya'' (n.)''.'' is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians. It stood in contrast to nearby outsiders, whom they designated as Aneran, non-Aryan (). In ancient India, the term was used by the Indo-Aryan peoples of the Vedic period, both as an Endonym and exonym, endonym and in reference to a region called Āryāvarta, ''Aryavarta'' (, ), where their culture emerged. Similarly, according to the Avesta, the Ancient Iranian peoples, Iranian peoples used the term to designate themselves as an ethnic group and to refer to a region called ''Airyanem Vaejah'' (, ), which was their mythical homeland. The word stem also forms the etymological source of place names like ''Alania'' () and ''Iran (word), Iran'' (). Although the stem may originate from the Proto-Indo-European language, it seems to have been used exclusiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]