Question

Explain the following concept:

Origin of Aryan people.

Answer 1

• There are multiple unanswered questions, such as, who were the Aryans, did they arrive in India from a distant place or were they natives of India, which are the archaeological sites where the remains of their culture are found, how to identify those remains, etc. 
• Most of the information about their culture is derived from Vedic literature. There are various v opinions about the chronology of the Vedic culture.
• However, there is a general agreement that the Vedic people composed Rigveda in India around 1500 B.C.E. 
• However, Lokmanya Tilak calculated this date as 6000 B.C.E. on the basis of astronomical events. 
• He was also of the opinion that the original home of the Aryans was in the Arctic region. 
• This debate began in the 16th century. Till then the concept of the ‘Aryans’ was not known.