The aryans were a tribal and nomadic people who lived far away in EuroAsia. The were unquestionably a tough people, and they were fierce and war-like.
The Aryan culture was oriented around warface, and they were very good at it. They were superior on hourseback and rushed into battle in chariots. The aryans were ruled over by a war chief, or Rajan.
Somewhere in the early centuries of the second millennium BC the Aryans began to migrate southwards in waves of stedy conquest accross the face of Persia and the lands of India. There they would take on the name 'superior' or 'noble' to distinguish themselves from the people they conquered. Their name is derived from the Indo-European root word 'ar' meaning 'noble'.
The Aryans first setteled along the Indus River, in the same place where the Harappa people had lived. They setteled down and mixed with the local Indian people. They lived there from about 1500 to 800 BC. It seems to be at this time that the cast system began in India.It was the Aryans who developed Hinduism,and also the classical lanquage of Sanskrit.
About 800 BC, the Aryans learned how to use iron for weapons and tools. Once the aryans learned how to use Iron, they used their new weapons to conquer more of India, and moved to south and east into Ganges river valley.
The Aryans are also called Vedic people since they composed some importent books that describe the life and religion of those days, known as Vedas.
