Formative Period
•Aryans were Indo-European migrant hunting and herding peoples from Central Asia.
–Aryan invasions were
separate, unrelated, but common
occurrences. Aryans often attacked and
subjugated peoples.
•During the Vedic Age (1500 to 1000 BCE) Indian agriculture extended from the Indus to the more fertile Ganges River Valley.
–Aryans used iron tools
to clear away the dense
vegetation.
