Aryan (/ ˈ ɛər i ə n /), or Arya in Proto-Indo-Iranian, [1] is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians, and later Iranians and Indo-Aryans. [2] [3] It stood in contrast to nearby outsiders, whom they designated as non-Aryan (*an-āryā). [4]

Jan 16, 2025 · Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent. The theory of an “Aryan race” appeared in the mid-19th century and remained prevalent until the mid-20th century.

Oct 8, 2020 · Aryan is a designation originally meaning “civilized”, “noble”, or “free” without reference to any ethnicity. It was first applied as a self-identifying term by a migratory group of people from Central Asia later known as Indo-Iranians (who settled on the Iranian Plateau) and, later, applied to Indo-Aryans (who traveled south to ...

Jan 28, 2024 · Tracing back to ancient times, the identity and origins of the original Aryans hold an invaluable key to understanding early Indo-Iranian society and its cultural practices. The concept of Aryans was not a modern construct; instead, it finds its roots in historical accounts.

Aryan culture begins to merge with indigenous traditions. Indian scholars of the so-called Vedic Period commit the Vedas to written form; basic tenets of Hinduism are established. Explore the timline of Aryan.

Feb 9, 2019 · In their horse-drawn chariots with spoked wheels, they traveled through Bactria and crossed over the Hindu Kush to the Panjab in northwest India. They called themselves “Arya” or Aryans, Vedic Sanskrit for “noble ones.”

In Sanskrit, an ancient Indo-European language, the word Aryan refers to "the noble ones." The Aryans migrated from their ancestral home near the Caucusus mountains, north of the Black Sea in Central Asia (near modern day Russia). They entered the …

In the late 18th century, Europeans began using the term Aryan to refer to the original prehistoric Proto-Indo-Europeans and their descendents up to the present day (i.e., the Indo-European peoples —those Caucasians who are speakers of the Indo-European languages).

The Indo-Iranian peoples, [10][11][12] also known as Ā́rya or Aryans from their self-designation, were a group of Indo-European speaking peoples who brought the Indo-Iranian languages to parts of Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia in waves from the first part of …

May 29, 2018 · For many centuries after their arrival in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the Aryans lived as horsemen and cattle herders, clearing patches in the forests and inhabiting small villages, rather than living in the ancient towns that their ancestors had probably helped bring to ruin.