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What about the Aryans and their home in India?

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  1. Aryans of the Rig Vedic Period were semi-nomadic. They were basically pastoral people with cattle as their main source of wealth.
  2. In the Rig Vedic times, the Aryan homeland was Punjab, which was at that time called Sapta Sindhu, the land of seven rivers.
  3. Around 1000 BC (BCE), Aryans in India moved eastward and settled in Indo-Gangetic Plain.
  4. The use of iron axes and plows became widespread.
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