Question

Based on linguistic and archaeological evidence, experts trace the early origins of the Indo-Aryans to ____________________ Question 10 options: Farmers who migrated to India from Mesopotamia by crossing over the Hindu Kush. Seafarers who migrated to India from Southeast Asia. Nomadic pastoralists who lived on the steppe lands of southern Russia. Indus Valley Civilization peoples who, during its collapse, had migrated away from it to the Indo-Gangetic Plains.

Answer 1

Answer: C. Nomadic pastoralists who lived on the steppe lands of Southern Russia.

Explanation:

The Indo-Aryans were a group of people who originated from the Proto-Indo-Europeans also known as the Sintashta culture. It is an Eastern European culture and one such country within this border is Russia. They originated during the bronze age (a period when meals were developed and used). They were known for extensive migrations.

Linguistic evidence points to the fact that they spoke Proto-Indo-Iranian languages while archaeological evidence has proof of skulls resembling those of people from Central Europe.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is Nomadic pastoralists who lived on the steppe lands of southern Russia.

Explanation:

According to the Kurgan theory—which is the most popularly accepted theory regarding the early origins of the Indo-Aryans—the Indo-Aryans originated as a result of their activities as nomadic pastoralists who domesticated their horses and used chariots to expand their regions (as early as 3000 BCE) until they lived throughout the steppe Iands of then Eastern Europe; this region was around Southern Russia which came into existence hundreds of centuries later.